"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
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). ...
Of course, with my interest in "alternative spelling"-I enjoyed this!....L.B.
ReplyDeleteI'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:
ReplyDeleteI 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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Thanks, I needed that...
ReplyDeleteJim Cornelius
www.frontierpartisans.com
I'm sorry, but is just too Fook Hing funny!
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