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Duncan’s Ledger: An Introduction
As I told you in this post about his encounter with a panther, my grandfather Duncan Browning was a cowboy for a year or so in Texas at the beginning of the 20th century. And the family story goes...
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Duncan’s Ledger: Those Deadly Pies
A poem my grandfather wrote down in his ledger while sitting around a campfire or a bunkhouse with other cowboys about 100 years ago, which gives us some humorous insight into the anonymous author’s...
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Mama Remembered: “Mysteries of Anatomy”
At the very end of Mama’s book, I Remember, she shared some songs and poetry which she had memorized. Here is a cute one that is also recorded in her father’s journal, Duncan’s Ledger: I learned this...
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Duncan’s Ledger: A Proposal
My grandfather’s ledger, begun when he was a cowboy in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, has many, many poems and song lyrics written in it. Recently a person contacted me about a poem I had previously...
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Duncan’s Ledger: Pat’s Troubles
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, a story about an Irishman with a love for the bottle, which made him a little shortsighted. Pat’s Troubles Times were getting hard down in Irishtown And Pat Malone...
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