His writing was good, but his mentoring was unparalleled. His mentoring is exemplified in the collection “The Last Best Place”.
Category: RIP
Joseph Paul Summers Brown 2021 RIP
I just received word that Joe Brown died; he was 90. I did not know him well, but I knew him and enjoyed him. He was the often-unsung BEST of all the cowboy writers, certainly of the border writers. He could throw a rope and tell a story. He bought ranches on both sides of …
The death of dogs
On a Good Dog O, my little pup ten years ago was arrogant and spry, Her backbone was a bended bow for arrows in her eye. Her step was proud, her bark was loud, her nose was in the sky, But she was ten years younger then, And so, by God, was I. Small birds …