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Author: Slim Randles

Slim Randles
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Slim Randles

September 1, 2018January 19, 2022 Slim Randles
Raised in a suburb of Los Angeles, Slim Randles was 14 before he was able to buy a horse. This was a $50 horse, and Slim’s dad used to say they fed it around the clock to keep the buzzards from circling the house. ... Read more
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VISITING DOC – Home Country

August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Slim Randles
“Doctor’s office.” ... Read more
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COFFEE TIME – Home Country

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Slim Randles
“Ahhh! Coffee!” said our resident cowboy, Steve, raising his cup at the philosophy counter. ... Read more
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DOC’S WORRIED – Home Country

July 20, 2018July 21, 2018 Slim Randles
Doc was just getting up to leave the philosophy counter as Herb walked in. Herb was grinning and flexing muscles and had the look of eagles in his eyes. We stared. ... Read more
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FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB – Home Country

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 Slim Randles
Down at the sale barn Saturday, the think tank had coagulated there with coffees to go to celebrate spring. Doc and Dud had their dogs with them, while Bert and Dewey and Steve went stag. ... Read more
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BILLY CAN’T FIND THE KIDS – Home Country

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 Slim Randles
The first few days of summer vacation were hard on Billy. He was there, at his appointed post – that being the school crossing – at the right time of morning, but look as he may, he couldn’t find any kids. ... Read more
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ONE MORE KISS… – Home Country

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 Slim Randles
Dewey picked up Emily’s yellow dress at the cleaners and drove it back to her here in the valley. They had managed to get most of the wine stains out. But what Dewey hadn’t managed to get out that fateful evening at the Italian restaurant was his ... Read more
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MAYBE TOMORROW – Home Country

November 24, 2017November 25, 2017 Slim Randles
Old Jasper Blankenship bought a deer license again this year, just as he’s done every year since Eisenhower was President. He sticks nickels and dimes in a jar all year long and smiles each time he contributes. By Fall, he’s saved up enough for ... Read more
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GOING PLUMB NUTS ON HALLOWEEN – Home Country

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 Slim Randles
To look at Herb Collins, you wouldn’t think he was like that. A nicer, kinder guy you never met. But for one evening each year … one little slice of time … he’s downright diabolical. ... Read more
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ALL WET – Home Country

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 Slim Randles
When Florencio Ortiz sent off for that new slicker, everyone in town and out at the ranch knew about it. He described in detail how waterproof it was and how a cowboy just couldn’t possibly get wet with this slicker on. ... Read more
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CAMPING OUT WITH A SINGLE TARP – Home Country

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 Slim Randles
This is going to be good, Dud thought, bringing his new tarp out to the car. There it was on that computer site. How to camp out with just a single tarp. I’ve been looking for something like that for a long time now. ... Read more
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JUST WAIT… SEPTEMBER’S COMING – Home Country

August 18, 2017August 19, 2017 Slim Randles
Billy had to get his chores done early. It was the heat, of course. Now that it’s summer, he no longer has to escort the kids across the street while Martin holds the sign. No kids at the crosswalk for a couple of weeks now. ... Read more
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LOTS OF LOVE – Home Country

August 4, 2017August 4, 2017 Slim Randles
Bert and Maizie were down at the swimming hole on Lewis Creek the other day. Saturday it was. The sun was bright hot and these two lovers had found a nice patch of shade near the tire swing tree where they could sip iced tea and watch the youngsters. ... Read more
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DISCUSSIONS OF TRIVIA IN THE CHECKOUT LANE – Home Country

July 21, 2017July 21, 2017 Slim Randles
It happened in the checkout lane down at the Soup ‘R’ Market last week. We discussed it thoroughly, of course, and no one knows yet what to make of it. ... Read more
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COWBOY CAMP DAVID – Home Country

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 Slim Randles
Steve waited until all the horses went through the sale Saturday morning (I mean, you never can tell when the world’s perfect horse will be sold for a buck and a half, which was about what he was carrying). Then, when they started on the cull cows, ... Read more
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WHAT’S WINDY UP TO NOW? – Home Country

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 Slim Randles
Windy Wilson looked through the notions aisle at the store and finally picked out the package of needles he wanted. Big ones. The big ones are easier to thread and it’s harder to drop them and stick yourself. Mrs. Andrews walked past him with her ... Read more
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NOT MANY PERKS WHEN YOU’RE A CHICKEN – Home Country

June 9, 2017June 8, 2017 Slim Randles
Irma has it figured out. She’s a bona fide, egg-laying member of the “Production Red” hen sorority and she knows her rights. ... Read more
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FISHING: FOR THE SAKE OF SCIENCE – Home Country

May 26, 2017May 28, 2017 Slim Randles
Marvin Pincus is not the kind of guy to let spring slip through his fingers. Oh, when he was a young man, sure. But now, with the coming of spring to the world and autumn to his life, he’ll take every chance that comes along to grab life by both hands ... Read more
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A 24/7 FARMER – Home Country

May 12, 2017May 13, 2017 Slim Randles
When Harley Jacobsen came into Doc’s office the other day for his physical it was a treat for Doc. Harley is one of Doc’s favorite people. Harley is a farmer. A 24/7 farmer. Ol’ Harley can make hair grow on a bald head and wheat grow on rocks. ... Read more
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TURNS SLEEPY VALLEY INTO WALL STREET – Home Country

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 Slim Randles
If there’s one thing you can honestly say about Delbert McLain, he’s as persistent as a winter cough. As our chamber of commerce here — he’s it, you see — his fertile brain never ceases its search to turn a sleepy little valley into ... Read more
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OH WHAT’S HER NAME… – Home Country

April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 Slim Randles
The problem was Mrs. Doc, you see. Oh, don’t misunderstand. She’s a perfectly wonderful lady and we all think the world of her, and as far as we know she has yet to burn down a house or start a war or anything. ... Read more
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WE CREATED A MONSTER: A TECHNOGEEZER – Home Country

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 Slim Randles
When old Jasper Blankenship came to town from the diggings recently, we asked him over for a few days. He saw us working the home computer and asked about it, but he really seemed to be immune to its wonders. ... Read more
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MUSHERS 2017: THE IDITAROD DOGSLED RACE – Home Country

March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 Slim Randles
Saturday, March 4 was special to me, because for one day each year, I get to let the years fly behind me and become someone else. Back on this special Saturday in 1973, you see, I was Number 37. I had the Number 37 bib pinned on my parka that early morning ... Read more
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MAKING THE ROUNDS AND GETTING YOUR SNIFF ON – Home Country

March 3, 2017March 4, 2017 Slim Randles
I don’t mind Boots. He just curls up quietly against my belly and stays put. But sleeping with Desdemona can be a bit unnerving. She snores. Sometimes she gets little bad dreams and scratches me, too. But hey, I get to come in out of the cold and sleep ... Read more
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KEEPING THE FIRST “R” IN FEBRUARY – Home Country

February 17, 2017February 18, 2017 Slim Randles
When Windy walked into the Mule Barn during that cold snap last week, we knew he was getting frantic for an audience. He has a hard time getting us to listen to his version of history, his notions of what was going on now, and his prognostications ... Read more
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