The Gospel according to Goliath: Along the Covenant Trail

Out our way, the novice cowhand has to learn a few terms to fully understand what others are talking about. For example, when Charlie first asked me to ride "drag" on our first cattle drive, I wondered if I was supposed to put on a dress. And when he told me to check if there were any pairs in the Hawthorne bushes, I thought he was pulling my leg. I may have been green, but even I knew that pears don't grow on Hawthorne trees. Later, when I learned the terms and what they meant, pushing cows was a whole lot less confusing and Charlie's directions made a lot more sense.

When I went to semin...