b'table of contentsNovember 2021 from the Publisher5Ask the Vet: Winterizing Your Horse TAKE ME AWAY.Remember the commercial, Calgon, Take Me 9Lee Anderson: Did You Know, Away? Have you said that or at least thought it in the last two years? I know I have and Im having In the Old West. a hard time refraining from profanity while driving on the roadways around the valley. I have 12John Samsill: From the Back of the Box to remind myself about the saying I was told years ago, profanity is the sign of a lazy mind. 16 15A View of the Zoo: Now is the Perfect However, the way some people drive, they need a piece of my lazy mind. I was thinking we should Time of Year to Visit the Wildlife World Zoo! 12 just build a lane for drivers to pull off into when they want to talk or text on the phone. I heard a story 16The Arizona Duuude: The Wild Bunch the other day about a person on the phone driving on the freeway. A car Film Festivalhit this individual and spun the car 18Alan Rockman: The Texas Rangerscompletely around. When the vehicle came to a stop the person still had Part One: The Golden Years, 18361896 the phone up to their ear talking. You dont have to watch NASCAR on TV 23Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olsons Collectors anymore, just get on the freeway and you are automatically put into a race it seems. It scares the crap out of Corner: What Age Is It?me when one of those loud muffler cars comes by at 100 mph using all five lanes of the freeway to get down the road. Where are they going in 24AZ Road Trip: Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven such a hurry? Maybe its just me but I dont want a ticket. I dont want 24 26Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comics to get in an accident and I prepare ahead to leave plenty of time to get where Im going.28Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source The other thing that I want Calgon to take me away from is people 32Old West Legends: The Weapons of Indians 32 who cannot think logically. Logic is out the window. We see more and more people acting like sheeple. This reminds me of another saying 35 96.3 Real Country Concert Page and that is those who act like sheep will be eaten by wolves. How many 34COVER FEATURE: Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival times a day do you hear someone say I heard _____on the news today? 38 96.3 Country Cookin: Reba McEntire Thank goodness the news media is not Pinocchio. Well, maybe if they 41Randy Miller: Your Constitutional Rights were some of the biggest and longest 42A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: trees in the world would be growing from their noses. Sometimes I think you have to look at your job and decide if it goes against what Donald Mounger Collier you believe in just to get a paycheck. It would be awesome if we could get people who have different opinions to talk so we could make up our 45 News from Copper State Peruvian Paso Club own minds. Currently, we live in a time that you can get a job doing 49 Running the Race: What Makes a Winner? 38 whatever your passion is. Everyone is looking for people. You can live and work your dream job TODAY, just show up.50 Annual 4-H Club Leaders and Volunteers Training One last thing for Calgon to take me away from is worrying about what other people think of me. Yes, Im talking to those addicts of Facebook, 51Glendale Equestrian Ride Report Twitter, and Instagram. Yes, I do have a Facebook page. I thought about pinning on the opening screen I checked this page in 1990 and will 52DIY: For Your Thanksgiving Table check it again in 2090. If you want to reach me you have my number or know where I work or where I live. It seems like more and more 55Justin Legler: Reach Out, Lets Go folks are getting in trouble for what they post or say on these platforms. If I want to have a group discussion I stand in front of the mirror and Brandon, Keep Fighting start talking. I stand in front of that same mirror, pat myself on the back 56The Bandits of Colossal Cave and tell myself how great I am. If I am out for dinner I dont have to 61Classified Ads take a picture of what Im eating for 49 62 Sun Cities Saddle Club all to see. Im not posting pictures of 63 Arena Directory 42 my wife and me on vacation; I leave my phone in the room. I want to live and enjoy the experience. I enjoy 64 Taking Care of Business: being a hick from the sticks. Just maybe, by the time this is read, I will have bought a ranch way outside the city, way off the main road, and Special Advertiser Section I will be living totally off-grid. That sounds pretty good, doesnt it? My fingers are crossed. Each weeknight I end my radio show on 96.3 65AHSRA Results Real Country with this, Live with no regrets, treat people the way you want to be treated, work like you dont need the money, love like youve 67 Advertiser Index never been hurt, and dance like nobodys watching.68November 2021 Calendar69 Charity of the Month:69 Boyd Ranch Mike Barna, Publisher 56 ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 November 2021'