The facts were plain enough and always had been; you fought your whole life long if you wanted to live.” –Luke Short (Savage Range) “Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.” –1 Corinthians 9:26 (NKJV)———————–I have heard it many times, especially in recent years–Christianity is not a…
Coffee Percs
We made our fire, and we all had coffee and fried salt pork. Coffee made me feel better.” –Robert Parker Come on in, Pard, throw yur spurs under the table, whilst I pour us some coffee. Ahhh, already had one cup, but been waitin’ for yuh, honest. Take a sip while I tell yuh somethin’ that…
Echoes From the Campfire
Man builds up a pretty schedule of ideals—and life knocks it flatter than a pancake. When I’m old and shot and look back down the crooked trail I hacked out, I think I’ll be kind of sad at the fine thoughts I threw overboard. But I think I’ll also hope to hear somebody in the…
Echoes From the Campfire
The training of the range man will not let him sleep beyond dawn; and his vitality springs freshly up after a few short hours of rest, no matter how much physical punishment has gone before. This is his birthright, and never does he lose it until he forsakes the queer combination of sweaty drudgery and…