Echoes From the Campfire

A man should be strict with himself.”                    –Louis L’Amour  (Down the Long Hills)        “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.  I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.”           …

Coffee Percs

He built a fire, boiled some coffee, fried some corn fritters, beans and lean salt pork. They ate under a desert willow growing near a small spring.”                        –R.O. Lane  (Will Fain: West Texas)   Greetin’s Pard, hope yur doin’ fine.  Been thinkin’ ’bout yuh…

Echoes From the Campfire

Men who were used to working on a ranch didn’t have to wait for directions or orders. They just did what was necessary.”                     –Cliff Hudgins  (Viejo and the Outlaw)        “…Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice…

Echoes From the Campfire

Ain’t chairty. It’s called hospitality. I’ll never deny a man a cup of coffee or a drink of water.”                    –Brad Denison  (The Long Trail)        “For I am not aware of anything against myself; however I am not vindicated by this, but the one…