The new
issue of Ranch & Reata is out. If
you’re not familiar with this fine magazine, you’re missing out. It’s an
oversized, colorful, beautifully designed journal that features people and
places of the American West, presented with fine Western writing and
photography and art.
For the past
few years I have had the opportunity to write a lot of stories for editor A.J.
Mangum and am always pleased to see them in the magazine. In the process, I
have met and introduced readers to a lot interesting people.
This issue
features a story I wrote about Jessica Hedges, a young cowboy poet raised on
Nevada ranches who now, with her husband, is raising a family of her own on
ranches around the West. She has been a featured poet at the National Cowboy
Poetry Gathering and travels the West performing. In her spare time, she
designs and sells buckaroo-themed jewelry and fashion accessories.
The article
ended up delayed for an issue, so while it places her on a ranch near
Blackfoot, Idaho, she has since moved and is now working on a ranch near Paisley,
Oregon. And her résumé now includes an additional appearance at the National
Cowboy Poetry Gathering this past January, where she was awarded a scholarship
to help continue her poetic endeavors.
Be sure to look
for Jessica in a feature article under my byline in the new issue of Ranch & Reata magazine.
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