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Cowboy Culture
By Clay Reid
In my business as a cowboy and ranch manager, there are many other titles that you get to wear sometimes. Welder, electrician, plumber and the list goes on and on. A man has to be pretty dang diverse in this line of work or he ain’t gonna last long. Above all else his number one title is the shepherd of his flock, and to be a good shepherd he must be able to heal them when they need mending.
That means when they get sick you cure them. When they break it you fix it. When they cut it you sew it. And then there will be the time when a new mama will need assistance in bringing new life into the world.
This ain’t always a cowboy’s most favorite thing to do, because usually when a cow decides to do it is in the middle of the night on the coldest night of the year. It’s never in the middle of a 75 degree day. Oh, no, it’s God’s way of poking fun at a dumb cowboy. Sometimes he goes a little overboard on the funning and this is where my story begins.
25 years ago, me and my practice wife was living over in Archer City. I was doing my second tour working for a drilling company and trying to keep the wolves from scratching at the door. We had a little boy named Jake who was a year-and-a-half old, but I always wanted a little girl. You know the one—they always talk about “Daddy’s girl.”
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1-2 cups vegetable oil
½ cup diced white onion
2 tsp minced garlic
½ TBSP chili powder
¼ tsp oregano
½ tsp ground cumin
1 lb. ground beef
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
½ to a full can of Rotel tomatoes and green chilis
8 (burrito-sized) flour tortillas, warmed
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Toppings: salsa, sour cream, guacamole, queso
Directions:
Brown hamburger meat and onions in a large skillet until onions are slightly softened. Add in garlic chili powder, oregano and cumin. Stir and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in Rotel. Cook and stir another five minutes. Set aside.
Warm tortillas in the microwave. On each tortilla, place about ½ cup of meat mixture. Do not overfill. Top with shredded cheese. Fold sides over the meat and cheese, then fold bottom over the sides and roll up. Place all folded chimichangas, seam side down, on a large plate and repeat with remaining tortillas.
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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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