b"table of contentsMay 2021 from the Publisher5Ask the Vet: Desert Dangers GODS BEAUTYThe other morning I was sitting in my backyard 8 The Old Storyteller: Memories of Tonto at 6 am enjoying darkness turn into the light of a new day. As I was sitting there my mind started RimSettling In to wander away from the beauty of the mountains 5 12Lee Anderson: Did You Know, I was looking at, the sound of the birds, and the coolness of the morning that brought me In the Old West. outside in the first place. Some of my thoughts were of the beauty that 144-H: Odyssey 4H Members Compete God created and the in Virtual Livestock Quiz Bowl 12 opportunities I have had to see quite a bit of it. We have traveled to many places near and far. The power and beauty of the ocean 14Wild Rose Horse Obstacle Contestsin Florida, the majestic and awe-inspiring Niagara Falls, the crystal clear lake water 17The Arizona Duuude: Tombstone and mountains of Lake Tahoe, the amazing beauty and ruggedness of Alaska, skiing the 19 News from Copper State mountain trails of Aspen, a helicopter ride looking at gigantic waterfalls in Maui, Peruvian Paso Club the farmlands of Nebraska and my mind kept naming places one after another.17 20Bill Roberts: Turning Point Then I thought about the people that in Arizona Indian Wars, Part 2 Ive been so fortunate to meet thus far in my life and the people Im still hoping 24AZ Road Trip: Douglas to meet. Some friendships happen by 26Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comics 14 accident as I strike up a conversation with the people sitting at the table next to me in a 28Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source restaurant, some from business meetings that become lifetime friends, some that are with 30DIY: Savvy Solutions family members that you didnt know until you spend a weekend together. Others are 31 A View of the Zoo: Wildlife World Zoos vacations with friends where you do the crazy things that create a memory for life and then Shady Retreats all those people that you meet that somehow touched your life and left an impression with 32Financial Focus: Help Protect Your you but you never see again.Familys Inheritance What a morning sitting in a chair in35 Running the Race: Bonnie Lemairemy backyard. Then my mind shifted and I started A Cowgirl In A Cowboys World 24 to think about what kind of world my 39Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olson: Collector's Cornergrandchildren are going to live in. I fear that they will grow up in a completely Buyers Premiums at Auctions? different America than I did. The beauty God created can change with the touch of 40 A Bite of Country: Moms Real human greed, selfishness, power, politics, lust, and a disregard for the well-being of others. A man, just a week Country Recipes ago, told me he immigrated to America 20 years ago from Yugoslavia to have a better life for his family. America was the place on earth that 43A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: he wanted to be. Today he is ready to leave because he is seeing the America he dreamed of disintegrate and turn ugly. That conversation Larry Jeff McMurtry took me by surprise but made me think about America the beautiful. Think about the Capitol and White House surrounded by riot fences, 44Alan Rockman: Buffalo Bill's Wild cement barricades, and wire. Think about cities being burned and West Show, Part 1 31 property destroyed. Think about the senseless killings that are going on. Think about the hate our media tries to elevate. Think about political divisions so deep they become hurtful and destroy relationships. Wow, 50Glendale Equestrian Ride Report what a different place my mind went to in an instant.44 52Justin Legler: Spring NO MAS, The Devils Now I think about my new grandson, who is a month away from being Breath, and Conspiracy or Is It born. I hope we get to sit in the backyard and watch the start of a new day. To admire the beauty and allow me to tell him some stories of 57Classified Ads friendships Ive made, places I hope he gets to see, and people who he will get to love in his life. I hope the love I have for him; he will pass on 58 Taking Care of Business: to others.Special Advertiser Section Its a new day, what are you doing to make it brighter?59 Advertiser Index61 60May 2021 Calendar 43 Mike Barna, Publisher 61From the Back of the BoxArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.comThe photo presumed to be of Bass Reeves in the April issue is actually a photo of Jim Beckwourth.We apologize for our error. 4 May 2021"