I'm not excited about watching snow melt in the parking lot!
1/23:
I remember the first time I heard of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering. We were living in Reno, Nevada, and John (“insurance man John” then) drove to Elko periodically to see clients.
One trip he came home buzzing about this brand new festival in Elko—a group of cowboys reciting poetry and singing cowboy ballads (different from Nashville country music).
My comment: “Wow! And you watched snow melt in the parking lot, too?”
I was not excited about cowhands reciting sing-songy rhymes.
John, however, was thrilled. He gets excited.
The lifestyle. Memories of the remote cattle ranch where he was raised. Working as a boy with horses, riding all day on the isolated desert looking for cattle. The Cowboy Poetry Gathering (a Gathering, not a contest. We’ll talk about that later) celebrated more than anything a lifestyle.
Since that first visit twenty years ago the Gathering today includes fantastic western artists, musicians, weavers of words, most of them philosophers.
People come. Folks from Japan, Europe, and American cities are fascinated with this lifestyle. And they can see it still here in northeastern Nevada.
We’re both excited about this year with the South Americans. John’s taking them on ranch tours this weekend.
The same tours YOU can take. I’ll keep you updated.
There’s a lot we learn from these guests who come here to share a lifestyle close to the land. Let me back up for a second and explain…
Well, on second thought, it might be better to let my thoughts continue in the next article.
So tune in tomorrow when I talk more about it.
Truth is, I need to gather my thoughts about the real meaning of this Gathering.
So check back here tomorrow.
Ok?
Janice
PS-John’s taking the Argentinians and Brazilians Friday to ranches, Lamoille canyon, and other great places. One year we finished the tour in a ranch house with Mongolian music, and brownies! Another year a French cameraman visibly blanched when told what he was eating! (Not brownies!)
I remember the first time I heard of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering. We were living in Reno, Nevada, and John (“insurance man John” then) drove to Elko periodically to see clients.
One trip he came home buzzing about this brand new festival in Elko—a group of cowboys reciting poetry and singing cowboy ballads (different from Nashville country music).
My comment: “Wow! And you watched snow melt in the parking lot, too?”
I was not excited about cowhands reciting sing-songy rhymes.
John, however, was thrilled. He gets excited.
The lifestyle. Memories of the remote cattle ranch where he was raised. Working as a boy with horses, riding all day on the isolated desert looking for cattle. The Cowboy Poetry Gathering (a Gathering, not a contest. We’ll talk about that later) celebrated more than anything a lifestyle.
Since that first visit twenty years ago the Gathering today includes fantastic western artists, musicians, weavers of words, most of them philosophers.
People come. Folks from Japan, Europe, and American cities are fascinated with this lifestyle. And they can see it still here in northeastern Nevada.
We’re both excited about this year with the South Americans. John’s taking them on ranch tours this weekend.
The same tours YOU can take. I’ll keep you updated.
There’s a lot we learn from these guests who come here to share a lifestyle close to the land. Let me back up for a second and explain…
Well, on second thought, it might be better to let my thoughts continue in the next article.
So tune in tomorrow when I talk more about it.
Truth is, I need to gather my thoughts about the real meaning of this Gathering.
So check back here tomorrow.
Ok?
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived,” Thomas Merton
Janice
PS-John’s taking the Argentinians and Brazilians Friday to ranches, Lamoille canyon, and other great places. One year we finished the tour in a ranch house with Mongolian music, and brownies! Another year a French cameraman visibly blanched when told what he was eating! (Not brownies!)
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