Western Folklife Center
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Seasonal Change"

This month, the cowboy poets describe their observations of the fall season as they answer this question posed by Feeling like Fall, “How does the land, and the animals you surround yourself with, change as the days get shorter and darker?”

Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Seasonal Change"
Western Folklife Center
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Distilling Vast Vistas"

This month, the cowboy poets whittle down a wide question about their writing as they answer this quandary asked by @carteagraphy, "How do you distill the vastness of the vistas you encounter into the slim space of a poem?"

Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Distilling Vast Vistas"
Western Folklife Center
Making Makilak

This month, Elko local and Basque elder Bob Echeverria tells us about the practice of makila carving.

Making Makilak
Western Folklife Center
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Transition Planning"

This month, the cowboy poets mull over a dilemma “as old as human fingernails” as they answer a question about transition planning for generational ranches.

Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Transition Planning"
Western Folklife Center
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Favorite Place on Earth"

This month, the poets describe their “heaven on earth” as they answer this question asked by Anonymous, “What is your favorite place on Earth?”

Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Favorite Place on Earth"

Elko Saturday Night Dance

Saturday Night Dances, quiet, and ....

Sunday (01.31.10)

I had intended to attend both Saturday Night dances (I had hoped to try out my waltzing and swing), but in typical Elko fashion, the weather and roads changed. I decided to stay home. So like me, this blog is lacking information about those dances.

To fill that gap, please leave a comment about the dances (Wylie and the Wild West dance and then Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans dance ) if you attended them.  Your participation in the blog will fill those gaps and your comments will be appreciated.  And then I can remember that night vicariously through your comments.  :--) 

I hope that all of you who did go to the dances had a great time.  I have heard those bands play dances before and I know that they most likely kept you on your feet as much as you would let them.  For me, I guess I need to keep practicing my waltz and swing until next year.

Monday (02.01.10)

Pretty quiet around here.  I easily found a parking spot outside of the Western Folklife Center (WFC).  I'm sure I saw David Wilkie and Denise Withnell (Cowboy Celtic) in the WFC gift shop after noon getting some things.  Bimbo Cheney stopped by and said hello.  I got to say one last hello and goodbye to Tom and Carol Gamm.    

Tuesday (02.02.10)

It is quiet again today.  Found parking easy enough.  The WFC staff is having a debriefing session.   I'll rack my brain to see if I can think of anything for them.  The office is clean and things are back to where they usually are after the Gathering. 

I hope all of you made it home safely to your regular post-Gathering routine.  Did I mention that it is pretty quiet around here? 

Is it January 2011 yet? 

Rabbitbrush Marie

 
 

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