Back in the eighteenth century the French traveller Hector St Jean de Crevecoeur remarked upon the effect of the wilderness on the new breed of American pioneer. ‘I must tell…
I enjoyed the rodeo, as much for what took place in front of me as for the memories it brought back. In 2006 I spent several weeks following the senior…
That was an unplanned absence. On Friday I was up on the range, talking on the phone, when a white pick-up came trundling towards me, and stopped fifty yards away.…
I’m spending more time watching the clouds than I have done since I was a ten-year-old boy. For the moment I seem to have time on my hands. I’m writing…
