Frank J. Buchman

Cowboy • Horseman • Writer

Value More Important Than Cost

“Everything’s   high-dollar.” That’s been the  agitated and snide response to our ever-so-frequent comments of similar connation. “Where’s that   high-dollar bridle?” “They sure have a high-dollar trailer?” “That’s one   high-dollar saddle.” “We need a sack of that high-dollar feed?”

Most Appreciative Of All

“Thank you.” Importance of those two words can’t be stressed enough. And, we’ve raved about that in the past, seemingly to no avail, because we don’t hear it said any more frequently,  wherever we are. But, with Thanksgiving Day this week, the important words come to our mind again. As the seasons slip upon us, […]

Cowboys Gather To Entertain While keeping Flint Hills Traditions Alive

No horses showed up, but conversation and all other doings centered on them. It was the first Flint Hills Cowboy Gathering recently at Alma. Brainchild of some participating in the first Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest earlier this year, the two-day affair was loosely patterned after the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering each winter in Elko, Nevada

College Cowboy Picks Up Big Checks With His Lariat

How many college kids can make $28,300 for two days’ work? Many are happy for the opportunity of “flippin’ a few burgers,” as the saying goes, just to have enough to skimp by. And, Collin Domer might feel the financial hardships of being a university student sometimes, too.

Mishaps Often Have Blessings Too

Computers don’t like coffee. There is no question about that. Of our addictions, coffee comes right after horses. We like coffee.