Manny Fernandez of the NYTimes doesn’t want comments. He talks about Texas and Rodeo as if it was his stomping grounds. Does he want to know that the White cowboys are separated from the Black ones?
All he cares about is that people wear cowboy hats and boots in Houston for one day a year. And this story is in the NY Times?
Great BBQ
I can do better with my blog. See, the Black cowboys slept in the municipal lot below our lofts. Two years in a row I had the privilege to hang out with Deputy Dawg and his family. I brought him, gave him, a knife from my kitchen and we got BBQ.
They had ridden many miles with their horses, and had to go a few more to the Parade and to Reliant Stadium.
Just like the Tuskegee Airmen, they don’t get their due. It was a joy to hang out and talk about horses and cooking and being on the road. The Houston Rodeo is a source of pride and longevity.
No, Mr. NY Times, I’m not going to tell my story but I was on the ground, and it appears that you may not have been to phone in this report.
I only know what I see. Dee
Cooking with Dee 
In Texas, people don’t wear cowboy boots and hats only one day a year. Many people wear them EVERY day. Many wear boots in lieu of dress shoes, especially bankers and businessmen. Many women also wear cowboy boots regularly, not just to go dancing.
I’m thinking of a pretty blonde 13 y/o girl who I saw wearing cowboy boots with her dress to go to church and worship God today. Yes, we do that in Texas, LOTS. There is a hat rack at our church building for the cowboy hats.
BBQ? every town and some truck stops. We like our beef but chicken and pork are available too.
M, I’m talking about pretenders who think that putting on hat and boots makes them Texan. It was a privilege to spend time with Texas cowboys, the Trail Riders. It took a knife and case of beer and some spices they didn’t have but we got to know a lot about the Trail Riders and appreciate them.