by Webmaster | Apr 27, 2015 | Guns, Law
A recent New York Times column, provocatively entitled “When a Gun Is Not a Gun,” offers legitimate science to prove that lawmen, at least some of them literally perceive things that aren’t there. That research project sought answers to a modern conundrum. In a U.S....
by Webmaster | Apr 20, 2015 | Communicating, Law, Life Advice
Back in Angus time, before New Mexico was a state and after lawyers showed up in Colorado, there were cowboys that talked and others that just did the job. Sometimes they fit the movie version in the 1950s—strong silent types. Angus was never garrulous. Even though he...
by Webmaster | Apr 6, 2015 | Horses, Life Advice, Parenting
When Angus was just twelve or thirteen, he hired on for spring roundup on a spread running a small herd of mangy cows in the Espanola Valley south of Chama, New Mexico Territory. It was either that or the one-room school his Mom taught. He liked numbers and reading,...
by Webmaster | Mar 30, 2015 | Life Advice, The Media
Just before the 19th Century dropped out of favor, and folks got all high and mighty about everything in the shiny new 20th Century, things changed. Speaking your mind caught on, even out west. But it never worked for Angus. Everyone wanted him to speak his mind—at...
by Webmaster | Mar 23, 2015 | Life Advice
Angus and every other cowboy in 1880 knew the importance of patience. A man in a hurry was often a man headed for a wreck. And if the wreck put you afoot, then you’ll remember why you can’t be in no damn hurry, man. Checking your rigging’ takes time. If there’s a burr...
