An Ode To The Wyoming Cowboy

Posted July 10, 2021

Wyoming is what America was, and the Cowboy is at the heart of what makes us great. Without the Cowboy, Wyoming would simply be an open vast prairie, surrounded by majestic mountains, divided by slowly flowing streams and rushing rivers…. Beautiful, terrifying, and empty. I visited when I was 12,… Read More »

Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life

Wyo Sal: Can’t be the Only One

Posted January 19, 2017

I cannot be the only one who is excited for Friday’s inauguration and festivities in Washington, DC. Sometimes, I swear, it seems as though I am. I suppose it would be similar to being the only Wyoming fan in an entire room of CSU grads, or the only Dallas fan… Read More »

Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal

WyoSal: The World is NOT Ending

Posted November 10, 2016

Newsflash: The world is not ending. I awoke to college students chanting, “He is not my president.” Guess what? While you breathe our air and drive on our roads and become more educated in our classrooms, yes, yes, he is. For eight years, the person for whom I did not vote… Read More »

Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal

I am America

Posted November 9, 2016

My father was a farmer’s son, one of nine children, the only one to graduate from college. I am America. He left his job to follow a dream, to become a small business owner with my mother by his side. I am America. Times were hard and money was tight.… Read More »

Categories: Life As It Happens

Wyo Sal: The Most Important Minute

Posted August 18, 2016

The drive took 40 minutes, the task less than five. Knowing we would be out of town for the primary election, we voted absentee for the first time in our many decades of voting. We did get stickers, but we certainly don’t deserve any special praise. I would never consider… Read More »

Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal

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