Remote ranch--dangerous place for young boy!
What’s four inches in diameter, with John’s picture and a
snazzy cowboy label on the front?
Our new “Cowboy John” story CD!!
Let me tell you, it was like pulling teeth, but I stuck with it,
and John finally recorded some of his stories.
When you’re raised on a remote cattle ranch, churning your own
butter, cutting hay with horse teams, riding all day for cattle
on the desert, you ought to tell the world about it!
Yes!
I’ve nagged John for years to write down his stories, but he never
seemed to take the time.
As a young boy John lived for summers. As soon as school closed,
he was off to the ranch. He came back to town reluctantly at Fair
time in the fall, only because he had to.
“John,” says me,” you should write this stuff down.”
Well, he isn’t much of a writer. I do that part of the partnership.
So I took another approach:
“John, let’s record some of the stories. We could make a CD or tape.”
That idea made sense, so one day while in the car on the way up
north to see my Father, John started talking. I asked questions
and recorded.
It sounded pretty good, so we put one of the stories,
“The Squeaky Saddle,” on the web page in his voice and in a
written version with a couple of pictures.
It’s the time he almost drowned. He was about 7 yr old helping
Golden with a beaver dam in early spring. I love the story.
When you live on a remote ranch you face serious danger on a
somewhat regular basis. Little boy John had more than just a
few life-and-death situations.
That story was the beginning of our CD.
A group of teachers from Wisconsin who toured with us (read their
story in the Blog on the web page, “What’s there to see in Elko,
Val quizzed?” Jan 31, 2005) further encouraged me and John to save
the stories.
It takes courage to open your heart. (“What if nobody even cares?”
“What if it sounds stupid?, etc. etc.)
We’ve entering the BIG TIME! We have our own CD!
I’d love it if you’d take a look and let me know what you think.
The CD with all the stories, and the audio and text version of
“The Squeaky Saddle,” is on the website www.cowboyjohntours.com.
Click on “Ranch Tales.” The CD is at the bottom of the page and
there’s a “Buy It Now” link, just like the big boys!
Now, we’ve done the CD. What’s next?
Janice
snazzy cowboy label on the front?
Our new “Cowboy John” story CD!!
Let me tell you, it was like pulling teeth, but I stuck with it,
and John finally recorded some of his stories.
When you’re raised on a remote cattle ranch, churning your own
butter, cutting hay with horse teams, riding all day for cattle
on the desert, you ought to tell the world about it!
Yes!
I’ve nagged John for years to write down his stories, but he never
seemed to take the time.
As a young boy John lived for summers. As soon as school closed,
he was off to the ranch. He came back to town reluctantly at Fair
time in the fall, only because he had to.
“John,” says me,” you should write this stuff down.”
Well, he isn’t much of a writer. I do that part of the partnership.
So I took another approach:
“John, let’s record some of the stories. We could make a CD or tape.”
That idea made sense, so one day while in the car on the way up
north to see my Father, John started talking. I asked questions
and recorded.
It sounded pretty good, so we put one of the stories,
“The Squeaky Saddle,” on the web page in his voice and in a
written version with a couple of pictures.
It’s the time he almost drowned. He was about 7 yr old helping
Golden with a beaver dam in early spring. I love the story.
When you live on a remote ranch you face serious danger on a
somewhat regular basis. Little boy John had more than just a
few life-and-death situations.
That story was the beginning of our CD.
A group of teachers from Wisconsin who toured with us (read their
story in the Blog on the web page, “What’s there to see in Elko,
Val quizzed?” Jan 31, 2005) further encouraged me and John to save
the stories.
It takes courage to open your heart. (“What if nobody even cares?”
“What if it sounds stupid?, etc. etc.)
We’ve entering the BIG TIME! We have our own CD!
I’d love it if you’d take a look and let me know what you think.
The CD with all the stories, and the audio and text version of
“The Squeaky Saddle,” is on the website www.cowboyjohntours.com.
Click on “Ranch Tales.” The CD is at the bottom of the page and
there’s a “Buy It Now” link, just like the big boys!
Now, we’ve done the CD. What’s next?
Janice
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