Category: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

The Tucson of my Childhood

by Lisa | May 18, 2022 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Portrait of the Artist, Roadtrekking, travel | 0 |

Thomas Wolfe said you can’t go home again, but you can if you manage it properly. Growing up an...

Remembering the Hag

by Lisa | Apr 9, 2016 | arts & culture, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 2 |

It’s taken me a few days to process the death of Merle Haggard. As much of a Country music...

The Proustian Force is With Me

by Lisa | Dec 21, 2015 | arts & culture, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, reading | 3 |

As near as I can tell, I am the only person in the United States — perhaps in the Western...

Managing My Mid-Life Crisis

by Lisa | Nov 5, 2014 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Portrait of the Artist, travel | 11 |

And I do think I’m having one. I definitely need a new car — in fact a whole new...

Consider the Poppy

by Lisa | Apr 17, 2014 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Sonoma, the spread | 10 |

We were warned that our persistent drought was going to give us one of the worst wildflower blooms...

Hi Ho Prius and Away

by Lisa | Jan 31, 2014 | dogs, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 5 |

Is it strange that I tend to define the last ten or so years of my life by each Prius I was...

Long May He Run

by Lisa | Dec 21, 2012 | arts & culture, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, reading | 3 |

Having just finished Trollope’s entire Palliser series on audiobook — six novels of...

Cowboy Music 101

by Lisa | Jun 8, 2012 | history, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 7 |

I have a statistics counter. So I know why people come to this blog. The vast majority of you who...

Kevin Costner, All Is Forgiven

by Lisa | May 8, 2012 | learnin', My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 3 |

Oh, I kid Kevin Costner, but now I’ll do it with love. When last we spoke, I told you of my...

True Grit and Truer Grit

by Lisa | Jan 14, 2011 | arts & culture, history, my eccentric friends, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 16 |

Thursday, my friends Vickie and Janet and I decided to get together for a glass of wine and...

A Cowboy Christmas for Your Listening Pleasure

by Lisa | Dec 3, 2010 | arts & culture, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 2 |

One boast I can make without fear of hyperbole or contradiction is that I possess the...

Gene Autry’s Cowboy Code

by Lisa | Jul 17, 2010 | arts & culture, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 8 |

My post on Cowboy Rules caused a bit of controversy. As many pointed out, they could be rules for...

About This Blog

A Yank. A Brit. Two Terriers. A Vineyard. And a Dream.

Being the true-life adventures of two city kids and two spoiled terriers as they transition to a life of winemaking and organic farming in Sonoma. You know Green Acres? It’s like that.

For applause and kudos, I’d prefer you leave a comment on a post. But if you are shy, contact me at lisa [at] leftcoastcowboys.com

Things About Me

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There are reasons I’m not famous.

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I have the world's largest Christmas music collection.

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I'm an unashamed Donny Osmond fan.

I get wildlife drunk.

My terriers have famous friends.

I've got a tiny RV