Lifestyles

I always think of Josh Gifford when I hear or read that scripture because that was his favorite verse when he was in high school.

There’s love for the prairie
And love on the prairie as well
It’s a love story on the prairie
This love story that we tell

With the passing of Mike Henry, I felt it appropriate to run a piece I did a couple years ago to honor the cowboy and friend of cowboys that Henry was. His cowboy gear that he custom-made will be treasured by his customers, friends, and family forever.

Out here in the empty quarter it’s a long way to a filling station, so we buy most of our diesel fuel in bulk.

This past week the country has directed their eyes to the skies as at least four objects, thought to be coming from China, had entered North American, and more specifically American, sovereign air space more than likely spying on American and North American weapons capabilities.

They acted like newlyweds
Though they’d been married forty years
They’d hung onto each other
Through the laughter and the tears

As I sit here drinking my oh so favorite beverage, coffee, on this very early morning, I’m reflecting on what a whirlwind the last few years have been for us.

Valentine’s Day has come again to the High Plains and Arkansas Valley of Southeastern Colorado. In recognition of this love-filled day we dug up one of our favorite Long Time Gone articles written by Priscilla Waggoner five years ago—in February of 2019.

There’s terrifying and then there’s Terrified.

It was snowing hard, the way it almost never does anymore, and I decided I needed to go for my walk, heedless of the weather.

These are the prayers that overtake my heart and soul for you.

I guess you could call him a cross between Crocodile Dundee and Marlin Perkins of Wild Kingdom. Lloyd Brown has led an interesting and exciting life wrangling critters outside of his normal cattle and horses.

It’s cold outside today. And I have a cold.

Time has passed—The clock has ticked
We’re starting a year brand new

I was tired.

The old man and his grandson
Sittin’ in a reclinin’ chair
A place of close contentment
They spent time together there