by erictknight | Nov 28, 2017 | action and adventure, Americana, Arizona history, bandits, Colt .44, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, drama, fiction, gun fight, horses, humor, novels, Old West, pulp fiction, roping, serial fiction, suspense, thriller, Uncategorized, writing
Drum roll please… Ladies and gentlemen, may I present a sneak peek at the next installment of the Lone Wolf Howls series. It begins, predictably enough, with Ace getting himself into trouble yet again. (Trouble does seem to follow him, doesn’t it?) The...
by erictknight | May 29, 2016 | Arizona history, autobiography, cattle, comedy, cowdog, creative writing, Date Creek Ranch, dogs, Eric Knight, family, humor, ranching, roping, writing
Shortly after I bought Cortez, Mom started taking Kim and me to compete in gymkhanas. And now I’m guessing that you’re wondering what in the heck a gymkhana is. Well, it’s like a rodeo for kids. However, instead of roping or bull riding or any of that dangerous stuff,...
by erictknight | Jul 16, 2015 | Arizona history, autobiography, cattle, comedy, creative writing, horses, ranching, roping, roundup
Once we got the cattle into the corrals, then the real fun began. And by fun I mean a couple days of hysterical bellowing. Oh, and I imagine the cattle were frightened too. The first thing we needed to do was separate, or “cut” the cows away from the calves. You had...
