Showing posts with label lore. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Scraps on paper

There are lots of ol West cowboy sayings.  I like a fair number of them for one reason or another.

Often, there is one copied on a small piece of paper, tucked in the pocket of an old barn coat, in a hatband, in the pocket of a pair of wranglers, behind the grand kids pics in my wallet, and ever in books. I spent one rough summer in the Outback of Oregon tying them to tumbleweeds and sage.

Had not realized the extent of this little habit til I found one in the box of rocks...
It was one I have especially liked:  "Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to see other than itself." - Khalil Gibran