#missouri

.....I'm certain I asked for a cowboy one December past-- For I wanted the excitement of pioneers to last; I ached to sing with a fiddle, speak with a drawl and twang; I surely requested John Wayne to be part of my gang. Of course I dreamed of a cowboy in those Yuletides of yore-- For I wanted that ace, that corral fighter, that scout roar; I ached for the authentic frontier hero of the West; I surely requested the sacred battleground's finest. I did pray Santa'd give me a cowboy some time ago-- For I wanted a legend in denim wrangler for beau; I ached to be rounded up safely by my saddled knight; I surely requested I be prospected, mined, settled right... -----excerpted from the poem 'A Cowboy For Christmas' in the book FROM GUAM TO CROWN CITY CORONADO (THANKS TO HERMANN, MISSOURI): A JOURNEY IN POESY, by Mariecor Ruediger ↗

— Mariecor Ruediger

#mariecor-ruediger #missouri #dreams

The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors. ↗

— Cole Younger

#being #born #county #fighters #i

If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#cultural #dominates #ground #ground zero #groups

I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great. ↗

— Steve Cropper

#country #gospel #great #had #i

I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners. ↗

— James MacArthur

#farm #honolulu #i #just #lodge

Having made the trip from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean myself going up up up against twenty-five hundred miles of the Missouri River, I can testify that it's one of the most arduous trips that anyone can make on this continent and yet I had a power boat to do it in. ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

#anyone #arduous #boat #continent #going

I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents to the traveler, 'I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.' ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

#any #been #distinctive #does #grandfather

In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#bragging #come #i #just #just do it

My compass and guiding star: MyDaddy, that's who you are. Discipline I learned from you, With patience in all I do. Sang-froid you gifted to me, Along with versatility. You reveal the profound beauty Found in Family Duty. You've instilled me with toughness, To overcome any roughness. Thanks to you I conquer worlds; I strive to be MyDaddy's girl. ↗

— Mariecor Ruediger

#mariecor-ruediger #missouri #beauty

It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#elementary #elementary school #i #missouri #school