Monday, March 18, 2013

Common Sense

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Of course, with my interest in "alternative spelling"-I enjoyed this!....L.B.

Kitty said...

I'm reading Jameson Parker's memoir, "An Accidental Cowboy," and I've been acquainting myself with his website. I wasn't at all surprised to see your blog listed in the sidebar. Nor was I surprised to see you had read Parker's memoir:

I suspected that I would like it, but it was better than that; not only a fascinating tale about how an educated urban intellectual (forgive me, JP!) suffered through a shocking incident of violence, and somehow not only recovered his equilibrium but became a working cowboy good enough to earn the respect of lifelong professionals. As a westerner who is not a cowboy, but hangs out with plenty of them, I have some idea of how hard that is.

I never watched Simon and Simon, and I'll admit I was reluctant to read his book because he was an actor. However, I'm really enjoying it! I especially liked his account of branding, of what he calls "to regulate
imagination with reality," (Samuel Johnsons phrase)
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Anonymous said...

Thanks, I needed that...

Jim Cornelius
www.frontierpartisans.com

Phil Yearout said...

I'm sorry, but is just too Fook Hing funny!