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A Ranchers Day

by mbsbca1950
1 vote | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
I pulled hard on the reins as we neared the river. I could hear the roar of the water as we came sliding to a stop only feet from the raging flood waters. It has been raining for 3 days now and the ol...
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Memories

by mbsbca1950
2 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Non-Fiction
The flames from the campfire were dancing all around, while the embers drift away slowly and remind me of fire flies darting around wildly on a hot summer night in the south. It is a peaceful evening ...
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A Cowboys Day

by mbsbca1950
3 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western, Non-Fiction
The morning stillness and the rays of sunlight breaking over the mountain, sets in motion another day at the ranch. It was just breaking dawn when I went to the barn to grab my saddle for the day's ...
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A Simple Life

by mbsbca1950
3 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western, Non-Fiction
The wind was blowing hard and cutting through my clothes like a knife through butter. It was late December and Old Man winter was here, this day. The day had barely begun and I was already wishing it ...
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Canyon of the Chiefs

by mbsbca1950
7 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
 The day began for me as I watched the sun peak over the rugged mountains and poured another cup of coffee. Today I plan to explore deeper into the canyons that surround this serine area that I n...
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Gus

by mbsbca1950
6 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
  It was a cool fall morning and the wind was starting to gust as I arrived at the corrals. “Gus” was standing out near the water trough and his mane was flowing outwardly as he ...
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The Next Journey

by mbsbca1950
8 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
This has been a hard and dry summer. The grass is burnt and all but gone. I awoke today and felt the onset of fall as I moved about the pasture in search of late summer calves. I have just returned to...
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8 Days in Oklahoma

by mbsbca1950
6 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
We departed the plane and walked toward the rental car office discussing what our plans were for the day and for the next 8 days. As we moved through the terminal, there was a continuous flow of peopl...
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A Winter Day at the Ranch

by mbsbca1950
6 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
Although Christmas had come and gone, there was still a chill in the air and the fields were covered with a fresh blanket of snow. “Bode” woke me as he jumped to the window to watch the sc...
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A Colorado Morning

by mbsbca1950
6 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
A Colorado morning  It was a cold and wintery morning as I rode out through the Aspens. The old line shack came in to view and there was a shed and an old cedar pole corral nearby. The fresh snow...
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VISIONS of the MIND

by mbsbca1950
4 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Fantasy
    The sky is filled with stars and the sound of a lone coyote singing from a distant ledge, fills my mind with visions that are outlined by the flames dancing from the campfire. As I ...
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TERLINGUA

by mbsbca1950
5 votes | Empty_star vote up | discuss | Western
  I would describe Terlingua as a place where the “rainbow waits for the rain, where the river is kept in a stone box, and the water runs up hill toward the mountains that tower into the sk...
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