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Everyone wants to save the earth, nobody wants to help mom with the dishes. - P.J. O'Rourke

President Reagan's Farewell Speech
The President spoke at 9:02 P.M. from the Oval Office at the White House. The address was
broadcast live on nationwide radio and television. January 11, 1989, click here

December 21, 2008
The Christmas letter not to write - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

December 15, 2008
Camp cookie and the fire truck - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

December 8, 2008
Here it comes, ready or not - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

November 24, 2008
I Believe - Words and Music by Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman © 1952

November 21, 2008
Invite a stray to Thanksgiving dinner - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

November 14, 2008
Leather and bling - it's a cowgirl thing - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

November 11, 2008
Bruja haunting not just for Halloween by Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

November 9, 2008
Roping on a reputation By Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

November 8, 2008
Always hoping for a profit By Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

October 29, 2008
Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation - Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, liberals, conservatives and independents, we only have a week to come together, stand united as one nation under God, and slay the mighty force of socialism before it kills our Democratic Republic.

October 20, 2008
Cowboy multitasking - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

October 13, 2008
Julie's second book will be off the presses in time for Christmas! COWBOYS - You Gotta Love 'em - - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

October 11, 2008
Cowboy slapstick is alive and well - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

October 3, 2008
Reflections After Midnight - Copyright © 2008 by Frank Metis

October 2, 2008
Did I forget to mention that? - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

September 28, 2008
Green horses and a red wagon - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

September 23, 2008
A touch of a chile fall is in the air - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

September 22, 2008
Open season on winter warmth - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

September 22, 2008
Casey and the grulla - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

August 29, 2008
Hundred-year dialogue - Ranch wife 201 - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

August 25, 2008
Simple Truths: Great Quotes From Great Leaders by Peggy Anderson

August 25, 2008
The tater tot explosion - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

August 15, 2008
Cowboying by remote control - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

August 8, 2008
There's nothin' like a pig show - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

August 6, 2008
Green broke vs. trusty old horse by Roni Bell Sylvester

August 1, 2008
Return of the hillbilly family reunion - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

July 27, 2008
And the horse he rode in on - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

July 19, 2008
Handy household hints from Susan Metcalf's column - Reprinted with permission of Agri-News, a weekly agricultural paper based in Billings, Montana and serving 23,000 subscribers nationwide. Tami Jo Arvik Blake Agri-News editor

July 18, 2008
I Just Want To Rope - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

July 18, 2008
A Mother's pieces of mind - Excerpt from "The Bread Mixer" by Roni Bell © 2008

July 15, 2008
Magnificent Men, Whether In A Cockpit, In A Cell, Or At A Desk! These Gentlemen Provided To Show That, Regardless Of The Circumstances, Some Are Never Defeated, Only Temporarily Delayed

July 5, 2008
Old Glory waves across the land today - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

June 28, 2008
Barbie's Big Adventure As told by Barbie

June 28, 2008
The bucket list - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

June 21, 2008
Doing it wrong to get it right - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

June 17, 2008
How the American Flag Folds

June 13, 2008
Passing on the stories - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

June 6, 2008
Sometimes the best cowboys are cowgirls - Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

May 30, 2008
They don't all stay at the ranch by Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

May 27, 2008
Know when to hold 'em, know when to run by Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

May 16, 2008
First, they cried by Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

May 14, 2008
The beauty of a long marriage By Welda McKinley Grider

May 9, 2008
Good stories and bad knees by Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

May 7, 2008
The hunt is on for wild asparagus by Theresa Myers, Greeley Tribune

May 2, 2008
Aristocrats of the range by Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

April 25, 2008
A generation at the door by Julie Carter Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

April 21, 2008
Reasons not to assault a ranch woman By Welda McKinley Grider

April 18, 2008
What are friends for? By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

April 16, 2008
Smokey by Welda McKinley Grider

April 16, 2008
A bad daytime soap! By Susie Q

April 11, 2008
Barrel Racers – the arena darlings By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

April 4, 2008
Call Of The Rodeo Road By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

April 1, 2008
Enjoy the following story on Austin Anderson, friend of Good Neighbor, and trick rider, stunt man extraordinaire ... Trick rider at home around horses

March 31, 2008
There's Got To Be A Pony by Arem Roder - A Childrens story about good versus evil

March 28, 2008
Horse trading isn't just for horses By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

March 24, 2008
Three Legged Stool by Dewey Hageman

March 21, 2008
An aborted “Howdy” by Roni Bell Sylvester

March 21, 2008
New twister initiation By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

March 20, 2008
All it takes is a good ropin' rock By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

March 19, 2008
Tear Down This Wall - Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate - West Berlin, Germany - June 12, 1987 - This speech was delivered to the people of West Berlin, yet it was also audible on the East side of the Berlin wall.

March 7, 2008
Rejected by eHarmony dot com By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

March 1, 2008
“Morning Chores Gone Bad” or “Football Scrimmage, Anyone”? by Mary Streed (CO)

February 29, 2008
Sadie Hawkins cowboy-style By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

February 22, 2008
The roping blame game By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

February 16, 2008
Where did I put those keys? By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

February 8, 2008
Tis The Season For Romance by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

February 5, 2008
Honoring The 4 Chaplains by Rees Lloyd

February 1, 2008
Jake's hard-won lesson by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

January 26, 2008
$27,000 or best offer

By Julie Carter

January 19, 2008
New beginnings coming up! by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

January 18, 2008
Wife Swap by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

January 8, 2008
In Shear Time By Becki Zanardi / Nebraska

January 7, 2008
Cowboys and pot-bellied pigs are a bad mix by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

December 28, 2007
That Woman's Work by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

December 21, 2007
The Christ In Christmas by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

December 15, 2007
Cowboy dreams do come true by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

December 8, 2007
I escaped Hungary in 1972.....

Good Neighbor receives many letters from people who vent their concerns about actions in today's America; but this one stood out with its strong reminder of Elie Wiesel's warning - "We must take a side" -  in his  book "Night."

We thank Joe Pernyeszi, for his permission to share.

December 7, 2007
Cowboy catalog shopping by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

December 6, 2007
Seldom was heard, a discouraging word by Roni Bell


December 6, 2007
My Beautiful America by OldBlueWebDesigns.com

November 30, 2007

Glenn Beck at book signing in Panama City, Florida - November 30, 2007
Photo provided by Leslie Thorton

November 30, 2007
The last generation of cowboys by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

November 26, 2007
Perspectives

November 24, 2007
Show Gratitude - Written by  Father Edward J. Flanagan in November of 1926.

November 21, 2007
Celebrating the uniqueness of Thanksgiving - Chuck Sylvester

November 16, 2007
Talking In Slang - As copied from the New York Clinnar sometime  in the 1880's
Author unknown

November 16, 2007
Gathering strays to Sam's Place by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

November 16, 2007
Phyllis and Sour

November 7, 2007
Wolves & Gilla

November 2, 2007
Editorial Hindsight by Robert E. Lee, 1863

October 28, 2007
The sustenance of rural living by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

October 8, 2007
Women Join the "Field Artillary"
as International Harvester Dealers Teach Power Farming to an Army of "TRACTORETTES"

September 8, 2007
News! Fresh off the phone 10/8/07

September 27, 2007
Save a piece of history by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

September 9, 2007
Epic clothesline nostalgia by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

August 30, 2007
It's not easy being frugally cheap by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

August 17, 2007
The pre-apology plan by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

August 10, 2007
The county fair belles of the barn by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

August 4, 2007
Donnie and the bunkhouse by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

August 2, 2007
Words Of Wisdom

August 1, 2007
GTT-Gone to Texas By Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

August 1, 2007
Giving credit where credit is due
by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

July 20, 2007
Summer survival includes the annual family reunion by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

July 20, 2007
Cause and effect by Julie Carter - Cowgirl Sass and Savvy

July 4, 2007
A “Hand-Me-Down” Jacket By Mary Streed

July 4, 2007
A Reader's Lament - Joseph M. Fanganello, Esq.

July, 2007
What Do Roni Bell and Howard Stern Have In Common?