His Cinch Got Frayed Never know when you’ll catch old cowboy phrases in common conversations. Pete lived close enough to town to make it to the coffee shop most days in time for the mail run. He’s known as one of the better talkers in Lewis County. So, I usually avoided him unless I had […]
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How To Work Like A Cowboy & Audio Podcast
WORKING LIKE A COWBOY by Stephen Bly Everyone wants to be like a cowboy, it seems. Or to know a cowboy. Even in other countries, to be like a cowboy seems popular. I know this because of writing westerns and the responses I get. Such as the Austin-Stoner Series. I can’t count how many letters […]
Cowboy Code Meets Medieval Code
The Cowboy Code Meets the Medieval Code of Chivalry By Janalyn Voigt The worlds of knights and chivalry and the cowboy code of the American West seem quite different, but I’ve noticed striking similarities. Both inhabit feudalistic cultures set on frontiers during times where law-and-order wasn’t yet established. And both developed unwritten codes of honor that […]
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