They said he was humorous. And a poet. We didn't know what to expect, but probably no one was prepared for what we got. His story about what happens when you substitute gasoline for fly spray on your cows is not to be missed. Bob goes on to explain, thank heavens, that not all his stories are true, but claims most have a true part in them somewhere.
Trick is, finding it amid the general amusement.
Bob Bird is a working rancher from Lindrith, New Mexico, who has been writing tales in rhyme since the 1980s. He has also received a prestigious award for cowboy humor from the Academy of Western Artists. As a true working cowboy, Bob maintains a genuine perspective that grows increasingly scarce as this way of life yields slowly to the era of the modern cowboy. Peggy Godfrey Peggy is petite and delicate-looking, but looks can sure be deceiving. Moffat, she says, is smaller than Morrison, lacking even a public phone.