Country Lifestyles
Cowboy Culture: The Cowboy Soldier
By Clay Reid
In many small towns in America there are good old ranch-raised kids who hear the call to come and serve their country and come a running. Not that there aren’t any city boys that don’t join.
You see, those old country boy kids were raised as American as they can get without a lot of the outside interference. They grow up loving God and country and the need to defend it when pushed.
Mine goes by the name of Dawson Reid, named after the Red Steagall song “Dawson Legate.”
From the time Dawson was born he was all about respect and honor and grew into a great child. I can only remember him getting one “whooping” in his life from me and that was because he got a burr haircut after I had already told him no. He did this after being encouraged by his older brother. After that, he rarely weakened to his brother’s advice anymore. Thank the Lord.
From the time he could walk, though, he and his buddy Trent Cadman were all about the military and such.
By the time they turned nine years old, they could tell you graphic details about every tank, gun, plane or boat in the military. They were eat up with it. I thought, “Aw, heck, he will grow out of it,” but he never did. It was in his blood, and there it would remain.
Dawson grew up out here on the ranch, and from the time he was seven years old he was fixing fence, flanking calves or pushing cows. If you ever needed a fence repaired, by golly, Dawson was the one to send because he would over do it at times if there is such a thing.
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Reid’s son, Dawson Reid. (Photo credit The U.S. Military)
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
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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.
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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.
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