Results for keyword: Western Culture
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My kingdom is a horse
The writer considers how hard it is to love the earth or anything else in the abstract, as opposed to the particular and familiar, and reminisces about getting to know a horse when he was a child.
by C. L. Rawlins, Sep 21, 2010 -
The magnificent obsession of sheep herding
In rural Colorado, border collies and their handlers compete in a Western tradition, sheep dog trials.
by Morgan Heim, May 23, 2007 -
Let’s not allow winter’s quiet to be shattered everywhere
Kevin Kobe is tired of snowmobilers hogging our national forests
by Kevin Kobe, Jan 01, 2007 -
Shear Pleasure
A photo essay follows Matt Smith and the other New Zealanders who make up the company Shear Pleasure as they travel Montana, visiting sheep ranches, shearing sheep, and drinking hard at the end of the day
by Jeremy Lurgio, Dec 25, 2006 -
Slipping into the holidays
This issue’s cover essay on New Mexico’s gas fields – and our publisher’s adventures during a recent snowstorm in Paonia – reveal the complex links that bind Westerners together for better or worse
by Paul Larmer, Dec 25, 2006 -
Have knives and hooks, will travel
Taos County’s new Mobile Matanza is a rolling livestock butchering unit that travels to the region’s far-flung family ranchers
by Laura Paskus, Dec 11, 2006 -
State of Jefferson: A place apart
Brian Peterson considers himself the interim governor of the State of Jefferson, an area in Northern California and southern Oregon that has been talking about secession since the early 1940s
by Emma Brown, Nov 13, 2006 -
Alone with a radio phone
The writer lives in the mountains, alone with a radiophone
by Emma Brown, Nov 13, 2006 -
Just another giddyup
The New Mexico Gay Rodeo Association’s Zia Rodeo brings out all kinds of cowboys and cowgirls
by Laura Paskus, Oct 30, 2006 -
Zine Roundup: Sweet simplicity
Since 1992, Dan Price has been publishing a hand-drawn, illustrated zine called Moonlight Chronicles from his tiny, hobbit-style home in a meadow in Joseph, Ore.
by Rebecca Clarren, Oct 02, 2006






