Country Lifestyles
Cowboy Culture – Never Cuss A Borrowed Horse
By Clay Reid
The other day I was talking with a young man and I got to giving him a lesson that I learned many moons ago. I went on to tell him to break out his notebook and write it down. Never cuss a borrowed horse.
As he stood there with an odd look on his face, I went on to tell him how one time when I was young, I found myself running short of ponies to ride due to an injury here and there of mine. Well, a man I knew offered a pony of his for me to ride and I told him you bet and thanked him. Now when I took this horse out to work I soon found out that this cayuse was rough, and I mean a rough riding son-of-a-gun and you couldn’t turn him around in a quarter of a mile.
Well, being the dumb knot-head of a kid I was, I soon took the horse back and cussed that horse every chance I got. This is where I was wrong. This man was good enough to loan me a pony free of charge so why in the heck would I want to disrespect him by cussing the service he had provided me and the good nature of him helping me. I know this now, but it didn’t come over night, and I had nobody there to school me on it at the time so I learned it with age.
This young man I was teaching this lesson to had just recently moved to town and was struggling to find day work around town so I gave him a chance and if he made a hand I told him I would spread the word around about his capabilities. Well, shortly after he started helping me I figured out the boy was quite the cowpuncher. He rode a good horse and was quite efficient with the twine (rope).
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By Jesse Kader
This month western meets safari with this fun army green jumpsuit. I love a good jumpsuit that is simple but stylish and can be accessorized in so many ways. This one especially caught my eye because of the western yoke detail. See this and more at www.jessesjewelz.com
University of North Texas music students were in awe by Texas Music icon, Lyle Lovett recently during his visit to the Denton campus to share his music and personal secrets on navigating a successful music career.
The four-time Grammy winner has recorded 14 albums and has released 25 singles throughout his illustrious career. He’s also most famous for creating his Large Band consisting of his talented rhythm section and a full horn section.
I too have had the honor of recording with Lyle during my time with Asleep At The Wheel and being a UNT grad, I was pleasantly surprised by this act of good will toward these young musicians.
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By Martha Crump
In the April issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch, I introduced the discussion of what is considered the Biden 30X30 Land Grab via the quiet attempt to push through the formation of Natural Asset Companies. If you are a landowner and have not heard about this, I encourage you to research it for your own protection.
Natural Asset Companies would have been publicly tradable securities that hold rights to, and manage the productivity and ecological benefits of natural assets such as natural forests, marine areas and farmland. They place a value on natural processes. Thanks to the watchful eye of a few, NACs have been stopped for now, but make no mistake, this battle is far from over. According to the American Stewards of Liberty, the Intrinsic Exchange Group is the company responsible for the failed attempt to monetize natural processes via the development of “Natural Asset Companies.”
The New York Times is already helping IEG to set the stage for a rebranding of the idea with the article they ran entitled “Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest In It?” which ran on Feb. 18 of this year. The NYT readily assured their readers that, “Natural asset companies would put a market price on improving ecosystems, rather than on destroying them.” That is a perfect lead-in for IEG as they had already indicated that they would be rebranding the idea in yet another attempt to create the investment vehicle.
To read more, pick up a copy of the May issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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