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by Jim Ainsworth
Readers, Buyers, and Evangelists
My sincere gratitude to the folks who filled the large room at the Alumni Center to capacity and…
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by Jim Ainsworth
Cowboys Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye
I have dreamed about you every night since you left without my telling you goodbye. I saw you…
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by Jim Ainsworth
Ballad of The Eighty Dollar Champion
Jan saw this sign in a catalog the other day: “I want to be the man my horse thinks I am.” A…
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by Jim Ainsworth
The Last and Loneliest Ride
He didn’t ask for much. Five minutes (people had things to do and places to go), a pair of 501…
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by Jim Ainsworth
A Blurry Line Between Truth and Fiction
Those of you who read my novels (thank you) will recognize the name Bob Lee Boggs. There is a hint…
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by Jim Ainsworth
Two Days in Albany: Goodbye to A Cowboy
One of the more memorable events in my life began in 1989 when I heard about Watt Matthews of…
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by Jim Ainsworth
Winter’s Bone: Riveting
Did you see the award-winning movie of Winter’s Bone (nominated for four Academy Awards)…
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by Jim Ainsworth
The Glories of a Buttermilk Pie
My great-grandfather and his brother married sisters. And so it went with my father and his…
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by Jim Ainsworth
Bloodworth: My Encounter with William Gay
I received All the Pretty Horses as a gift many years ago. When I started reading Cormac…
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by Jim Ainsworth
Rivers Flow
Flow is the difference between the way things are and the way they ought to be. $4.99…
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