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  • by Jim Ainsworth Jim Ainsworth signing books

    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 Faded Memories, a Cowboy's Gone

    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 The artistry of show jumping with a fine horse.

    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 cowboy-and-sunset

    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 Life was lonely on a Panhandle Ranch.

    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 51ouRtlyV0L

    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 51HaerpojpL

    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 A slice of Buttermilk Pie

    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 Kris Kristofferson as "Bloodworth."

    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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    Rivers Flow

    Flow is the difference between the way things are and the way they ought to be. $4.99…

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