Being a freelance photographer, I had many subjects that I photographed. I stumbled into taking photos of horses and riders quite by accident. I moved into a small town in a more rural part of Southern California. There were multiple ranches and orchards in the area. I went exploring to get the lay of the land and see if there was anything worth photographin...
Her laughter trilled as brilliantly clear as the sky blue Texas sky overhead. She glanced briefly over her shoulder, and saw the nose of the sorrel mare edging up on the flanks of her feisty little roan. She leaned low over the arched neck of her gelding and urged him forward with the barest nudge of her knees and whispered words of encouragement. The reacti...
Sarah thought she had the easiest job on the farm. All she had to do was to keep the owner's house clean, and stay out of the barn. Sarah was 19, and being a college freshman, she was happy to find the easy job. The pay was outstanding, making enough to keep her book costs down to nothing, and still being able to buy some new clothes every so often. Sure, sh...
A few months ago my boss invited me to spend a weekend at his ranch along with the rest of the IT department. His ranch covered almost ten acres and what beauty it was too. I felt so relaxed and even had a room all to myself. In total there were nine of us invited to the ranch and my stay was very refreshing. I got the opportunity to relive some of my childh...
Chapter 1: The Cowboy Starts a New Life August 14, 1958 The old, olive-drab jeep rolled down Meadowbrook Road. Might have been doing near fifty, I thought. Not bad for this old refugee. Not bad except for the dust. I'd miss this ugly old girl. Quicker than any horse I ever rode. A fifty dollar wonder at an army surplus yard. I spent a lot of hours getting...
Chapter 3. "Devastation" -*- Friday, November 23, 2018 -*- -*- Crystal River, Missouri -*- "Remember last year? Lexi had me doing that juice detox thing, but the juice shots were so gross that I had to follow them up with Diet Mountain Dew just to get them down, so..." "Who'd have ever guessed that you'd have trouble swallowing? Not me." Her mouth agape...
CHAPTER 1 - THE PLANE The Lazy 7E Ranch was a long way from their home, but it was exciting that they were going to get to be Honest to God COWBOYS! Well for the week they were spending on a working ranch they would be working with and riding along side the real thing anyway. Their trip to the United States had been fun with time in New York then down to...
After his successful elk hunting trip, Kincaid returned to visiting the ranch four times a year—he had cut this down to no more than twice in the deep of the Great Depression. And each time he returned, he and Hugh would go up to the Hahn's Peak timberline for three days—and they almost always came back with an elk. Kincaid made clear he didn't want the elk...
CHAPTER 1 Corporate accountant Marvin Roach was unsettled in his role as an internal auditor. The twenty-seven year old had liked working with three foxy females on a project costing team but had been switched, without consultation, to the internal audit section where he worked with two grumpy old guys and a hawk-nosed female with no obvious tits who chewed...
Ada's return to the Wolf Creek Ranch for the duration of the war years was a period of fantasy isolation from the world gone mad around them punctuated by shocking reminders that they were part of that world. Beth proved to be a real delight for Ada—the daughter she had always wanted but that the Spanish flu had ripped out of her arms. Ada didn't know how s...