The dogs did work hard to do the trick today. Happy Birthday.

Frederic Remington at work.    

Kristopher  @skyhiser pictured a flying saucer in the mountains of the West. Artfully hidden in the mountains.    

Never show anybody a treasure map. Never tell you own one.  

Found a song: LACKEY BILL Come all you good old boys and listen to my rhymes, We are west of Eastern Texas and mostly men of crimes; Each with a hidden secret well smothered in his breast, Which brought us out to Mexico, way out here in the West. My parents raised me tenderly, they … Continue reading #qwestern106 Cowboy Song #ds106 →

The Pony Express delivers messages with ponies!  When a post is delivered, a “postmark” is put on the mail. And I did get mine.

http://nataliesdigitalstorytelling106.net/Blog/assignments/sound-effects-story-audio-assignment/ More on this critique and those questions on https://caritatblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/02/critique-of-a-dailycreate/. 1. What stands out the most when you first see it? The blogpost that describes the making of the story.In the soundcloud I see the diagram of the sounds. The diagram is symmetric. 2. Explain the reason you notice the thing you mention in number … Continue reading A critique on a soundcloud assignment →

Received some 2 years ago a postcard with a Bolivian Cowboy. This is from dr Oblivion. I did some business with him. But those times are over now.

My daughters always tell me:  Do not spoil your love to a cowboy. Because they are Smelly aggressive drunk and violent.  

This is a review of the dailycreate mentioned on the page of Kelly. The questions are copied from http://johnjohnston.info/106/my-way-to-the-west/. You should read that blog to understadn what fun it is to write a critique of a work in #ds106.  I did enjoy this review very much. I did watch with attention and that is great … Continue reading Critique of a dailycreate. →

My father did a lot of storytelling. He invented lots of stories. Walking in the woods with him, we asked for a story, he did his walking storytelling. When I grew older he told me he almost never knew the next part of the story. He had to invent it sometimes just seconds before telling … Continue reading Digital storytelling? →

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet  17 September 1743 – 28 March 1794), known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist.  Condorcet descended from the ancient family of Caritat. My mother always told me we had a famous French name, but when I grew older my … Continue reading My name Caritat →

A joke in the newspaper in Darlington on august 25 1880. This Pie is a cruel punishment for the cook and for the enemy who must eat the pie. I guess this Mr Twain has had a very sad experience with New England or with a Pie from New England.   ht...

from Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915, September 06, 1900 Only 40 years after the golden cowboy era, people write about cold feet in the newspapers. I am happy they do mention some agricultural news at the end of the articl...

Oh, give me the steed and the gun that I need To shoot game for my own cabin home; Then give me the camp where the fire is the lamp And the wild Rocky Mountains to roam. A home, a home Where the deer and the antelope play, There seldom is heard a discouraging word … Continue reading Home on the range #western106 #ds106 →

from: Western union., October 10, 1850,   more in : http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87091068/1850-10-10/ed-1/seq-1/

We received a picture of Dial Rock from the http://digitalcollections.nypl.org. Dial Rock is a weathered rock formations in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming.

from: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071141/1900-08-30/ed-1/seq-7/

  On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cowgirl_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. With a list of cowgirls.

Hopi Pueblo (Native American). Dancing Shoes, late 19th century. Brooklyn Museum Hopi Pueblo, Native American – Brooklyn Museum Hopi Pueblo (Native American). Dancing Shoes, late 19th century. Deer hide, pigments, sinew, porcupine quill, horse hair, wool, 10 3/16 x 4 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (25.9 x 11 x 18.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition … Continue reading Moccassin →

Who are these men? Why spend the winter on Myrtle Creek? (now it is a city of 3.000 inhabitants) source:  http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071141/1900-08-30/ed-1/seq-3/    

A horse for the real cowboy. For almost no money. (thanks to wikipedia for the picture)