I Wanted To Be A Cowboy
2 min readOct 28, 2018
When I was a kid, my heroes were men known as cowboys, cowpokes and cow punchers. They roam the wild western states in the TV images of my youth. They were like the Knights of old, righting all wrongs and defending the helpless. I dreamed of being like those manly men and of riding off into adventure.
There was a on call basis job on a nearby cattle ranch for an IT person available that was listed in my local paper. I…
