{"id":69146,"date":"2017-07-17T17:03:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/outlaw-horses-skinny-dogs-and-love-as-a-verb\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:03:14","slug":"outlaw-horses-skinny-dogs-and-love-as-a-verb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/outlaw-horses-skinny-dogs-and-love-as-a-verb\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Outlaw\u2019 horses, skinny dogs and love as a verb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom James<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When asked to change, these horses are more likely to bite, kick, buck, crash into the corral panels or rear up and fall over backwards.<\/p>\n

I realize that, had they been human, such horses would be politicians. There is a cure for these \u201coutlaw\u201d horses and, while not all that pretty, it works and the dogs get fed.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t take a political \u201cside\u201d because I don\u2019t care. I find it doubtful that any of the \u201cwe can change the world\u201d folks are going to change anything that lessens their power and control. So, it\u2019s back to the outlaw horses and skinny dogs.<\/p>\n

When that twit from Texas got elected, they were going to change it from what Bill had turned it into. When Barry got elected, they were going to change it from what the twit had turned it into.<\/p>\n

Now Donny\u2019s up there, trying to change it from what Barry turned it into. The common denominator is that they still have all the power and all the control.<\/p>\n

Politics and philosophy: Ain\u2019t it a hoot? I\u2019m curious why Plato and Socrates didn\u2019t have last names.<\/p>\n

Speaking of philosophy, you ever think about love? Man, I do. But I have a lot of time to think.<\/p>\n

Love. The thing that makes your heart race, turns the butterflies in your stomach into condors and makes your brain seem like a flag on a windmill blade in a West Texas wind.<\/p>\n

Did you ever love someone you couldn\u2019t have who was still in your world? Now that\u2019s tricky, maybe one of the greatest gifts in life.<\/p>\n

I was talking to the horses about it this morning and, as much as I hoped that they \u201cgot\u201d it, they didn\u2019t. It appears it\u2019s the human condition.<\/p>\n

Well, I reckon I\u2019d rather love. What\u2019s the worst that could happen? I\u2019d die from it? We are born dying. Try using love as a verb instead of a noun today and see how it all plays out.<\/p>\n

Until a horse falls down on me\u2026.<\/p>\n

Tom James was riding horses before he could walk. He currently hangs his hat in Ignacio. Reach him at outlivedthemallsofar@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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