BUILDING A BETTER HORSE SHELTER

This Idaho rancher was denied a permit to build a horse shelter. So he constructs a  giant table & chairs ... which don't need permit.

Idaho horse shelter

 Better looking and far more creative, don't you think? 

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RESEARCH & ROMANCE

Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly

Copyright©2003

When a cowboy writer does research, the sight of a landmark can spark an idea for a full-fledged novel ... or just a poem.  

Southeast of Four Corners, New Mexico is Shiprock, an impressive example of a volcanic neck or a central feeder pipe formed by a long ago eruption.

Shiprock, New Mexico

In Monument Valley, west of this location, the pillars tower one after another. But Shiprock stands alone. With its spire in the shape of the rigging of an ocean bound vessel, the silhouette looks very much like a tall ship on the horizon.  

No wonder the old-timers trudging across the desert rubbed their eyes in disbelief at the view. If you ever get a chance to visit this site, we have found between March and May to be the best times. If you have already been there, what did the vision of it inspire in you? 

Aim For Stetson&Justin&Kelley Quality

Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly

Copyright©1994

Long before radio and TV, even among the cowboys and ranchers of the Old West, brand names meant something to them.

John B. Stetson made beaver hats with high crowns and wide brims like no one else. A man only had to buy one Stetson in his lifetime, unless a footpad or sneak thief stole it.

Another man named Joe Justin settled into Old Spanish Fort in 1879 on the Texas side of the Red River and began making boots. Without help from advertising agencies or basketball star endorsements he managed to gain such a reputation that a pair of Justin's still denote distinctive boots. 

Janet Chester Bly in office

Janet Chester Bly
Copyright©2013


This morning I was helping gals from our small church take down the Christmas decorations and do overall cleaning of the building. While mopping the bathrooms, a memory of long ago came to mind.

Aimee Semple McPherson

Back in the early 1970s while hubby attended Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, we also served as youth workers in a northeast Los Angeles church that provided housing. We also helped with part-time church facility housekeeping.

Interview with Stuart Brannon

Stuart Brannon

Janet Chester Bly Copyright©2012

JCB: Stuart, how come you’re not too fond of Christmas time?

BRANNON: Oh, I enjoy celebrating the birth of Jesus my Savior. It’s just that Christmas also brings some tough memories … lost my wife and baby back in 1875 on Christmas Day. Then, after my cattle got wiped out with the disease, riding through a bitter blizzard to a hard winter at Broken Arrow Crossing the Christmas of ’76. Tended to a wounded prospector, an abused, pregnant Indian girl, and faced off with a band of wild outlaws. All that comes rushing back on a blustery December day.

Recipes From Author Cheryl Wyatt's New Novel

Doctor to the Rescue

 

Eagle Point Emergency Recipes: 

Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings  

Ingredients:   

2 apples sliced and cored. 

2 sticks butter. 

2 cups sugar. 

December: A Good Month to Cowboy

Stephen Bly (1944-2011)

DECEMBER IS A GOOD MONTH TO COWBOY

Cowboy Poetry

Stephen Bly

Copyright©2001

December is a good month to cowboy,

   if you're fond of the wind, snow and cold.

It ain't that I don't like winter, boys,

   it's just tougher when a man grows old.

Snow whipped down off the Elkhorns,

   drifted the draws and the ridge.

I turned Sage's rump to the mountain

   and plodded our way to the bridge.

With my Carhartt yanked up to my ears,

   and my Resistol screwed down tight,

We pushed them two old stubborn cows

   into the afternoon's fadin' daylight.

Mary, Did You Know?

An excellent video with one of my fav Christmas songs, by Ceelo Green, promo for the upcoming Bible Series .... original music by Mark Lowry & Buddy Green.

Introducing The Texas Tenors

Just heard these guys for the first time tonight on "Fox & Friends" show. Wow! They're country. They're Classic. And a bit of Gospel music too. First discovered on "America's Got Talent!" Here's some sample clips ....

6 Meanings of Immanuel "God With Us"

Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly 

Copyright©1996

"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel which means "God With Us" (Matthew 1:23)

Life can be tough, confusing, scary. But if you have someone to come alongside and go through stuff with you, it's not as bad.

1.) God is not against you. 

     Romans 8:31-34

2.) You are not alone. 

     Hebrews 13:5

3.) You have instant help, if you'll only ask. 

     John 15:16

4.) You are where the action is. 

     Mark 2:45

5.) He is close in tough times. 

     Acts 7:55

6.) Everything will turn out for good in the end. 
     Revelation 21:4

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