Jon Garate, old time cowboy, recreates an evening of reminiscing in the living room, where the old timers gathered and retold stories of their lives. Stories of one room schools, outhouses, coyotes, cowboys and Indians. Illustrations.

Back in the early 1600s, Rene' Descartes, the father of modern philosophy was struggling with the meaning of life, and wondering if he really existed, or if he was just some kind of awareness fl oating around in the universe. He fi nally resolved that he really did exist. His proof was stated, I think, therefore I am. Too bad for him there weren't any old time cowboys around yet, or they could have saved him all that soul searching. Very early in the life of a cowboy, as he picks himself up out of a pile of rocks after being bucked off his horse, he knows for absolute certain of his...