On Top
With another small bunch branded yesterday ahead of a series of ‘forecasted chances’ of rain slated for early next week, it’s easy to relax and consider important things like friends.
Whether work or some ceremony to be studied by future anthropologists, the shared sense of accomplishment in this wilder part of the ranch is special to us all – nurturing despite our ages. Beyond the reach of cell phones, the outside world slips far away.
Oak smoke, smell
of bacon in the branding pen,
Kenny breaks out his new riata
braided by a woman in Mexcio –
takes a day off from sewing oats
in his ‘dobe ground in the valley below.