“Backing is as important as going ahead.”

Well that may not be true in all predicaments. It’s not positive to go in reverse on business matters or in horse training. Continue reading →

“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”

The old familiar saying has come to mind several times over the decades. Continue reading →

“Life is so precious very short making friends and family such importance only completely realized when one is lost.”

A crushing blow has been passing of the best friend true inspirational guiding confidant brother in spirit. Continue reading →

“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”

An old saying going back centuries has several meanings depending on the subject at hand. Continue reading →

“There’s a bunch in that timber draw and they won’t move let alone come out.”

That was the ranch manager talking to the cowboy and cowgirl crew rounding up calves to sell. Continue reading →

“Nowadays people in all sorts of endeavors wear chaps.”

While cowboys may have been the original chaps’ wearers, Native Americans known as Indians to some were likely predecessors. Continue reading →

“The kind of tie he wears is a sign of the man he is.”

What a weird unnecessary thing to say. Yet there is certain truthfulness to the comment. Continue reading →

“Low Fuel,” a buzzer has gone off and the “idiot light” has shown bright twice in the past two weeks.

An initial irritation, but well worth it considering consequences when running out of gas. Continue reading →

“Somebody came across the highway again, tore the fence down and a car’s out in the brome.”

Not much of a shock hearing the news as it’s happened a half dozen times in five decades. Continue reading →

“There’s a cavity in a wisdom tooth that needs to be filled before it gets worse.”

That was the dentist’s conclusion after extensive once-every-five-year’s x-rays and accompanying exam. Continue reading →