Frank J. Buchman

Cowboy • Horseman • Writer

‘Essentials’ will be replaced

“The average person over 50 will have spent a year looking for lost or mislaid items.” One of our newspaper writer friends used that statement, from a book she has, for filler in her column last week, and it sure struck home. Actually, we probably wasted more time than that looking for stuff in a […]

‘The Plan’ Exceeds Any Imagination

“Time flies when we’re having fun.” That’s similar to a common saying. But, we feel obligated to alter it a bit further: “Time sure goes fast when one is always busy.” Although majority of the speediness has been exhilarating, too.

Flint Hills rancher remembered for his uniquely passionate, compassionate love of life

“A real cowboy” is the simplest, most encompassing and completely accurate description. Yet, there are no less than a dozen additional adjectives that might appropriately be used to describe Gilbert Capoun, 81, Alma rancher, who passed away December 20. Likely many of those imageries from the large and varied attendance at his memorial mass would […]

Grocery store backbone of community

“As goes the grocery stores, so goes the small town.” A similar phrase typically relates to a rural community’s schools. There will be survival as long as children come for education, but when those doors close, likely sooner than later, a ghostly appearance follows.