One week ago I sat in a gym in New Jersey and told friends and relatives that life in Texas was just like living on the Ponderosa. You do remember The Ponderosa, right? You know Pa, Hoss, Adam and Little Joe and the catchy tune from the video above. Every day I’d stroll outside, saddle… Continue reading It Is Like Living On The Ponderosa
Category: People
How Do You Become A Cowboy?
I didn’t mosey into Fort Worth on the back of a horse nor did I sashay up to the first bar I came to and order a shot of whiskey, but I wanted to. That is because I arrived during the 117th Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo and I came across real cowboys. Yep,… Continue reading How Do You Become A Cowboy?
There Are Places I Remember
Arlington, Keller, Bedford, Odessa and Denton used to be nothing more than just names of places I had seen on a map or driven through once or twice. They didn’t hold any particular significance to me in large part because I didn’t have any thing of importance to associate them with, but things change and… Continue reading There Are Places I Remember
The Value of Reference Points
My second day in town someone told me that if I am smart I’ll find “the shortcuts around 35 and 820 because traffic and construction are bad.” I had to smile at that because my reference points for traffic are the freeways around Los Angeles. I know traffic and I know what it means to… Continue reading The Value of Reference Points