A Happy Healthy New Year; or, Cowboy Diplomacy in the Doctor’s Office
Medical tools from the Civil War There is something to be said for a high-deductible health care plan: This year, thanks to a likely financial crunch in my chosen field, I will certainly be reviewing...
View ArticleNew Year in Cowboylands
Every start of the year I find some time to write out a few goals. I prioritize and create little boxes for checking off when I’ve completed them* and otherwise make curlicues and asterisks and bold...
View ArticleCowgirls Gone Wild; or, I Can Has Cheezcake?
Western porn. Linda Stirling as the Black Whip in Zorro’s Black Whip, 1944, from www.wantedcowgirls.com For me western porn is film stills and posters and book covers of hunks and hunkettes loaded down...
View ArticleThe Cowpoke’s Life’s for Me; The Brands of Herb Jeffries and Roy Rogers
My lucky horseshoe used to be my sister’s horse’s cast-off shoe, bent and scarred silver with use. Now I use Roy Rogers’s horseshoe. It’s stamped “Lucky Horseshoe,” and with Roy Roger’s name and...
View ArticleWill Do; or, the Eighth Principle of the Silver-Screen Western Hero Code
Chapter 8 in Reach for the Skies: The Modern Buckaroo’s Guide to Happiness will explore the eighth principle of the silver-screen western hero code: DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. The important parts of this...
View ArticleA Man’s Gotta Do What a Man’s Gotta Do * ; or A Handy Guide to Life’s Goals
The epically awesome goals of a Silver-Screen Western hero can be distilled down to five emulation-worthy goals, which can be mixed and matched for dramatic effect. win a love interest protect society...
View ArticleProcrastination; or, High Plains Adventures in Novel-Writing
When I procrastinate in my cliffhanger-filled journey of novel writing (thrills! chills! tears! laughter!) I now know it as a signpost that there is something important I have to tackle and I am...
View ArticleGo West, Vienna; or, West as State of Mind
Damaso Reyes sent me proof that the West is state of mind–as shown in “das comedy musical” Go West from Wild West Central, Vienna. copyright 2010 Damaso Reyes The poster’s got everything: the neon...
View ArticleWestern Tweets and Posts; or Revisiting the Wild Western Web
Nothing like a dash of reality, I say, especially if they don’t make me ride a horse. By “they” I mean the real-life cowboys/girls in the world, who blog about getting hay baled and sucking up mud...
View ArticleBrand Fires on the Fridge; or An Out-West Pin-Up Souvenir
What to do when your long-awaited field trip to the West didn’t produce lanky cowboys dropping into your lap? Buy one. Take this tall glass of cool water I found at a Long Beach bookstore. A twofer...
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