From Ranching ... To Ranching Again!
Anyone who's known our family for a while knows we come from so far back in the country they had to pump sunshine to us -- Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas. All of Bosque County is primarily a rural, ranching/farming area and although we have some very sophisticated folks among us most of us are "country" in the real sense of the word. We have country ways, talk country and think country. We like change in Bosque County if it's logical and doesn't jump on us too fast -- give us a few years to think about it! Having been raised by our Granny my brothers and I also inherited some OLD Texas ways 'cause our family has been in central Texas since the mid-1800's.
As a young woman I was a ranch wife and my younger brothers, James and Steven Fromholz often came to spend summers with me when they were youngsters. When they visited they worked -- ranch work -- and it started before daylight and ended after dark. They rode horses, worked cows, baled hay, fed livestock and whatever else came up during any given day. These days that sounds like pretty stiff work for kids but it was the norm back in those ranching days. It was a hard life and required all the effort every member of the family could put forth seven days a week -- no weekend respite.
Well, what goes around comes around and here it is more than 50 years later and guess who's ranching again? None other than our brother Steven Fromholz and he says he's loving every minute of it. Robert and I went to visit him and his companion, Susan, at the ranch and some things about ranching may change but feeding cattle never does. We helped put out hay and cubes for the cows and they were very grateful. The drought in West Texas has been horrendous -- absolutely no grass -- and cattle have had to be fed all year long. Some ranchers had to just give up and sell off their herds . Steven and Susan say they're dug in and there for the duration -- I've been talking to the Big Guy about that rain thing -- gotta happen sooner or later, huh?
Anyway, it's interesting to see a songwriter/musician go back to his roots -- and ranching is about as "rootsie" as it gets. Our Thanksgiving visit brought back a lot of memories to this old woman. Probably the happiest days of my life were ranching and riding -- I do miss the horses! Anyhoooo -- Steven's healthier and happier than I've seen him in many years. Besides the ranch life his new Cd is released and a new movie begins shooting in February! May God not only bless these United States but may he also bless our Texas with rain -- and lots of it!
Love y'all,
All us folks in the Fromholz Camp!
You are listening to "If I Couldn't Get to the River" written and recorded by Steven Fromholz on his Cd "Live at Anderson Fair."
As a young woman I was a ranch wife and my younger brothers, James and Steven Fromholz often came to spend summers with me when they were youngsters. When they visited they worked -- ranch work -- and it started before daylight and ended after dark. They rode horses, worked cows, baled hay, fed livestock and whatever else came up during any given day. These days that sounds like pretty stiff work for kids but it was the norm back in those ranching days. It was a hard life and required all the effort every member of the family could put forth seven days a week -- no weekend respite.
Well, what goes around comes around and here it is more than 50 years later and guess who's ranching again? None other than our brother Steven Fromholz and he says he's loving every minute of it. Robert and I went to visit him and his companion, Susan, at the ranch and some things about ranching may change but feeding cattle never does. We helped put out hay and cubes for the cows and they were very grateful. The drought in West Texas has been horrendous -- absolutely no grass -- and cattle have had to be fed all year long. Some ranchers had to just give up and sell off their herds . Steven and Susan say they're dug in and there for the duration -- I've been talking to the Big Guy about that rain thing -- gotta happen sooner or later, huh?
Anyway, it's interesting to see a songwriter/musician go back to his roots -- and ranching is about as "rootsie" as it gets. Our Thanksgiving visit brought back a lot of memories to this old woman. Probably the happiest days of my life were ranching and riding -- I do miss the horses! Anyhoooo -- Steven's healthier and happier than I've seen him in many years. Besides the ranch life his new Cd is released and a new movie begins shooting in February! May God not only bless these United States but may he also bless our Texas with rain -- and lots of it!
Love y'all,
All us folks in the Fromholz Camp!
You are listening to "If I Couldn't Get to the River" written and recorded by Steven Fromholz on his Cd "Live at Anderson Fair."
