About a man named Dusty… Nope, not Jed. This man–a real one–lives on a horse ranch with his foreman Gus and ranch hands Jake and Duke. Now…is it possible to get any more like a country western movie? It’s surreal. Place? Northern California near the mountain range west of Tahoe. Would you believe near the town named after my gold rush greatgrandfather? Time? Present day. No, not 100 years ago or longer. Other minor players include two small boys, coyotes, mountain lions and rattlesnakes. Yep, rattlesnakes. Although this rancher has a computer.

It’s too funny. I could create a whole story just based on these few little facts. Hilarious. It would have drama, a little romance (can’t have the lone cowboy be completely alone) and suspense.