Country Lifestyles
Dying is easy; it’s living that’s hard- Profile on Freddy Vest
(Video: CBN showcased Vest’s story in 2012. The piece was entitled, Life beyond the Gave.)
By Jessica Crabtree
Freddy Vest was born in Celina, Texas, in 1950. His parents, Bud and Bessie were farmers who raised their 18 kids picking and hoeing cotton. Being the 17th child, Vest’s family was made up of nine boys and nine girls. As Vest said, “Momma and Daddy raised their own help. We would work the rows and the older ones would always finish before me. They would come catch me up. We always helped one another.” It was a welcomed gesture with such back-breaking work like picking cotton.
Vest grew up as some would label poor, but to him and the other 17 kids, they didn’t know it. Their mother put three square meals on the table daily all while canning and doing chores. Where some people had two to 10 foot gardens, she had two acre gardens. Her garden was full of beans, tomatoes and fruit trees. When Vest was eight, his father took a job with Wells Bros. Seed and Grain and moved the family to Plano. Shortly after, Vest’s father began his own sharecropping and relocated them to Frisco where Vest graduated high school.
With dreams of being a rodeo cowboy, Vest and best friend, Scotty Cobb related on their upbringing and dreams. His driving desire was to one day be a calf roper like his uncle, Vest started with the least expensive, bull riding. He remembers well going and buying a $15 rope and $5 pair of spurs, for at the time, calf roping was the most expensive. By the age of 25, Vest had single-handedly taught himself and horses how to calf rope and be competitive at it. To read more pick up the July 2015 issue of NTFR.
By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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