b"table of contentsMarch 2023 from the Publisher5Ask the Vet: Colic IM NOT HERE FOR A LONG TIME BUT HOPEFULLY FOR.9Lee Anderson: Did You Know, Is it hard to figure out where in the world were heading these days? Who is directing the path In the Old West. were on these days? Our government? Heck NO, 11John Samsill: From the Back of the Box they dont have any answers, they are so messed up themselves! God? If so, then tell me why he 11 14 Cowgirl With A Pen: 44 and a Few puts me on some very rough roads. The media of your choice? Oh, heaven helps us, they have no Lessons Learned clue. Is it parents, 17Bill Roberts: The Pious Deacon Was teachers, bosses, or could it be the internet? Tell me, who can direct me to A Killer For Hire 17 the good times of my life?20A Cowgirl Rests in Heaven: Michelle Gentry We do want a life filled with enjoyment, correct? What do you have to endure to 22Bob Boze Bell: True West Moments get enjoyment out of life? We all have 24AZ Road Trip: Patagonia our own answers to that question and we all have our roads that have to be traveled. Some people are trying to turn back their odometers, 26Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comic but not me. I want people to know why I look this way. Ive traveled many roads 24 28Arizona Real Country Equine along the way and a lot of those roads just werent paved. Sitting at a cafe the other Supply Source day a brilliant question came from the man at the booth next to mine. He asked, 31 Running the Race: What If the Wheels Have 32 If you could ask ONE question and the Nearly Fallen Off? answer to that question is YES, what would it be? Quickly I said, Will I have perfect 32Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olsons Collectors Corner: health as long as Im living on this earth? Someone from another booth Value of Gold and Guns asked, Will I have all the money I could ever want? Those two questions seemed to be where most people landed. What 34Cowboy Wisdom: Rope Em would your one question be that would be answered with the word YES? 36 Dotties Real Country RecipesIt seems like confusion, greed, self-38Randy Miller: Your Constitutions gratification, and a ME-first attitude seem to 40Bridgette Crosby: The March Garden be the mindset of most these days. Our minds are being bombarded with some of the craziest 42COVER FEATURE: Rodeo Scottsdale ideas that only someone making a movie could come up with. Hooray for Hollywood, NOT. I think the dictionary is going to have to have a 44Alan Rockman: The Story of Crazy Horse, Part 4 new meaning for the word normal soon or is there even such a word 49A View of the Zoo: Arizonas FIRST Endangered Pygmy 36 anymore? Life has certainly changed in the last 20 to 40 years. All I ask is Lord keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth Hippo Born at Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park! so as not to make someone stumble. Maybe we should adopt this saying, May you always have lots of love to share, cash to spare, tires with air, 51Justin Legler: The Anticipation, Back In My Day, and the Stealth War and friends who care. So what would need to change to get us out of the mixing bowl of life with the beaters on high? The Billy Currington song 52Glendale Equestrian Ride Report goes, God is great, beer is good and people are crazy and I guess that is 56Charity of the Month: March is National MS Education the way it is going to be. It seems so many are looking for utopia in some sort of pill or drug. That will just never happen, my friend.and Awareness Month The other day I was asked a rhetorical question by a friend: Why didn't 60DIY: Long-Term Food Storage Needs To we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?I replied that I did have a drug problem when I was young.Be Part of Your Plan I was drug to church on Sunday morning.I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.634-H: The Maricopa County Fair I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.64Cowboy SuperstitionsDo You Feel Lucky? I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, 6796.3 Real Country Upcoming Concerts 60 brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the 49 71 News from Copper State Peruvian teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.Horse Club I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity.72 Taking Care of Business: I was drug out to pull weeds in the garden and flower beds.I was drug to the homes of neighbors to help mow the yard, and repair the Special Advertiser Section clothesline. If my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip 73Classified Ads for this kindness, my dad would have drug me back to the woodshed.74 Advertiser Index Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, 76March 2023 Equine fentanyl, or heroin, and if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place. God bless the parents who Event Calendar drugged us!!!!77 March Events Around71 the State Mike Barna, Publisher 77 ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 March 2023"