Hello Bob Day Was Yesterday!

 April 29, 2025

   Yesterday was Hello, Bob Day.

   And, by this time today, the Kid had already ridden through Capitan Gap on his way back to Fort Sumner. It's a 120 mile run and according to Paulita Maxwell, he rode from sheep camp to sheep camp until they fell into each other's arms.

Daily Whip Out: "Pretty Paulita"

This Just In From Down Nogales Way

   "On Sunday we celebrated my birthday in a South Tucson restaurant with our kids and eight grandchildren. My brothers also showed up. Nothing like a plate of fajitas and a Pacifico to make everything right as we get ready for Cinco de Mayo which really isn’t celebrated all that much in Mexico. Here on the border there’ll probably be a parade and many will have the day off as will schools. The produce trucks will keep rolling, the trains will keep rolling and food booths will be set up at the Zaragoza Plaza. Ignacio Zaragoza was the hero of the Battle of Puebla (May 5, 1862). There’s not a city or town in Mexico with more than one street which doesn’t have a Zaragoza Street and/or Plaza. To make this worthy of a True West story we learn that Ignacio Zaragoza was born at a Mexican Presidio (fort) in what is now Goliad, Texas in 1829! Unfortunately he died of typhoid fever a few months after his grand victory in Puebla against Napoleon III’s French Army. Regardless, in our household we’ll probably enjoy a snort or two of Bacanora, perhaps with a Dos X chaser and enjoy the fireworks which we’ll be able to see from the front yard."

—Greg Scott

   I must give a great, big thank you to Lori Holly and Kathy Sue for turning me on to the book "The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life."

"The track of the father is to find him within you. To find what he gave you and what he didn't give you. You must use both sides. The medicine of transformation is innately built into this relationship."

   In Chapter Four: The First Track, we get this: "The first track is one end of a string. On the other end, a creature is moving." But we can't 'think"' our way there. It takes 'feeling,' and the author reminds us, for men, 'feelings have long been outlawed.' Ha. Then, 'We have been disconnected from our instincts. Bringing attention back to the landscape of the body, allows you to find the trail of the wild self.' If we can tap into both sides of our selves—the thinker and the side that feels emotional strength, then we can live up to the tracker's creed:

Daily Revised Whip Out: "The Tracker"

"I don't know where we are going but I know exactly how to get there."

—Old Tracker's Creed

   And, finally. . .

"In the shadow of your weakness you will find your strength."

—Old Vaquero Saying