Frank J. Buchman

Cowboy • Horseman • Writer

Correct Words Are Still Very Important

Password is a fun game show even for us slow thinkers. Actually, it’s one of the few television shows us old cowboys can still watch without getting red behind the ears. Although TV gets very little of our time percentage-wise, we remember watching that show decades ago, and have even seen it a couple of […]

Even The Best Fence Can’t Control Everything

Barbed wire tamed the West. That old familiar saying certainly had truth to it. Before the twisted, prickly wire’s invention, cattle generally had free roam of the range. They went wherever they pleased, and unless clearly branded, were often free for the claiming.

Even The Best Fence Can’t Control Everything

Barbed wire tamed the West. That old familiar saying certainly had truth to it. Before the twisted, prickly wire’s invention, cattle generally had free roam of the range. They went wherever they pleased, and unless clearly branded, were often free for the claiming.

Nothing Beats The Word Of Mouth

The world stops when the computers lock up. That may not be entirely true, but it’s not far from wrong. Such was the case at 8 o’clock one morning when we and seven of our co-workers sat down at our desks with the blue screens in front of us. “Does your e-mail come up?” was […]

Great Healing Power In All Of Nature

Ruts in the pasture are like a gash on the cheek. We’ve always thought that, and we have been reminded of it in recent weeks. Blizzard conditions left large snow accumulations, and thawing temperatures brought mud. When livestock are wintered on pastures, they generally require feed of some sort.