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in Wyoming in 2005 and I believe Arizona was the first state to declare a National Day of the Cowboy.
In any event, this day as well as the lifestyle, skills and legacy of the Cowboy are celebrated and practiced all over the world. Many of best horsemanship clinicians, Buck Brannaman and Randy Rieman among many others, routinely conduct clinics in Europe and especially Italy and Germany are sponges for skills of the Buckaroos.
Cowboys and Buckaroos represent the calling to be free to follow your heart, placing what's good for your soul over making money. And most of them if not all of them would simply say they feel blessed to live and work that way.
The iconic Cowboy hat is recognized all over the world, and I mean everywhere. And while some people lump all western movies into the category as Cowboy movies, some of the more famous movies bear small resemblance to the Cowboy life. The current television series "Yellowstone's" best moments are when the cast is moving and working cows, and showcasing working and performance horses. There was a quote in this show where one of the actors says words to the effect that "someday no one will ride horses." Well, I'm old enough to know that day will be long after I'm in the ground, but it's still sad to think of that day may be coming. By the way, if someone wants to talk movies, the remake of "Monte Walsh" with Tom Selleck is about the best Cowboying movie yet made. If you haven't seen it, then you really should.
Recently, friends of mine called to elicit my help finding a good home for their father's horse. I said "I can't imagine you dad giving up his horse" They replied "Well, we haven't approached him about it yet, but he is getting too old to ride." I said "Please don't do that to him. Even if he doesn't ever ride again, but just visits with the horse, it's worth the time, money and labor. He can just rub on that big stout but aging Quarterhorse, and talk to him in a soft voice about what they used to do together. That's what Winston Churchill meant when he said "the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man."
Cowboys and Buckaroos represent the calling to be free to follow your heart, placing what's good for your soul over making money. And most of them if not all of them would simply say they feel blessed to live and work that way.
The iconic Cowboy hat is recognized all over the world, and I mean everywhere. And while some people lump all western movies into the category as Cowboy movies, some of the more famous movies bear small resemblance to the Cowboy life. The current television series "Yellowstone's" best moments are when the cast is moving and working cows, and showcasing working and performance horses. There was a quote in this show where one of the actors says words to the effect that "someday no one will ride horses." Well, I'm old enough to know that day will be long after I'm in the ground, but it's still sad to think of that day may be coming. By the way, if someone wants to talk movies, the remake of "Monte Walsh" with Tom Selleck is about the best Cowboying movie yet made. If you haven't seen it, then you really should.
Recently, friends of mine called to elicit my help finding a good home for their father's horse. I said "I can't imagine you dad giving up his horse" They replied "Well, we haven't approached him about it yet, but he is getting too old to ride." I said "Please don't do that to him. Even if he doesn't ever ride again, but just visits with the horse, it's worth the time, money and labor. He can just rub on that big stout but aging Quarterhorse, and talk to him in a soft voice about what they used to do together. That's what Winston Churchill meant when he said "the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man."
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