3864 – March 19, 2026 – Home on the Range – Today is Wyatt Earp’s birthday, how appropriate for today’s show, as we spend some time out west… down on the range… “Out there” on a dirt road somewhere.
You know that I’ve been a longtime fan of Range Magazine – and that has not and will not change, however, there have been some changes.
As we get into today’s show, I’m going to share with you a message from our dear friend CJ Hadley:
Loitering on the Fringes of Good and Real
I have been loitering on the fringes of cowboys, sheepherders, loggers and miners for a great many decades. I will hit 100 in 15 years and in times like these it might be a short trip.
I started life with coal, a black sooty product that smelled good and warmed people and nations. Our world was polluted. As some of you know, during WW2 most Brits in my hometown of Birmingham, England, died coughing. Coal, horse manure and rats the size of Wyoming lambs were on my entry into the world of ag and real producers. But for a great many decades since, and with pure pleasure, I have been sharing the inspiring and refreshing world of cowboys, sheepherders, loggers, and miners.
I enjoy work, like they do. I was born to labor. I relished their company and have been blessed to share their toils, inspiration and passion. And since 1991, I have found great writers and photographers to tell their stories in RANGE.
I have watched these good people produce for America and the world – often through pain, drought, storm, hardship and relentless outside pressures – with energy, commitmen4, talent and love for family and country. With every move, they feed, clothe, heal, ease and improve the lives f the rest of us.
The supply food, fiber, oil, pharmaceuticals, has and forestry products that make home and furniture and paper to print magazines and newspapers. We need these precious producers and always will.
I still have some time and I’m pondering my opinions. My last three Brit aunts died at 101, 100 and 96 and I know it’s a whole lot easier to live in the beautiful American west than in what used to be the most polluted city in Europe. And I will write for RANGE occasionally and try to stay upright for our new publisher, Rachel Dahl. I hope you will continue to support her, too.
It has been one heck of a ride and, as I sign off from my 35 years with all of you, I send my deepest respect, appreciation and affection and thank you for letting me into your homes, lives and hearts.
Signing off now as CJ, also known as Caroline Joy Hadley, “The Relic with a Rolodex.” I hope to see you “out there” again… hopefully on a dirt road.
God Bless you all.
Much more in the podcast as we get to know Rachel Dahl!
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