Out Our Way: ID, Please!

Matthew 7:15

Out our way, as I have written many times before, a cowboy's hat is his ID and history. Now most folks are respectable enough to have two hats - a respectable one for being in public; and the worn out one for when riding fences and working the herd. It is the second hat that tells the tale of the wearer. THAT is the real Cowboy hat ... the wearer's true ID.

The other day I was in my work clothes as I ran into the store - and a guy called out "Nice hat, cowboy!" I responded, "Yeah it's been around for a piece." He laughed and said, " I know. It sort of says it all," Even here in th...