FIELD NOTES

What a boot remembers
What a boot remembers
Nobody throws away a cowboy boot. Think about that for a moment. Really sit with it. Every other shoe you've owned — you know where it ended up. A bin... Read more...
In love and in leather
In love and in leather
Leather, before it becomes anything, is put through hell. This is not a metaphor yet. This is just what happens. The hide is soaked, scraped, stretched across a form it... Read more...
The Last Thing Taught Without Words
The Last Thing Taught Without Words
There is a man in a room somewhere. There is always a man in a room somewhere, and he is doing the same thing his father did, and before that,... Read more...
Worn In, Not Out
Worn In, Not Out
There is a particular sound a cowboy boot makes on a hard floor. Not loud, exactly. Certain. The heel lands and the room receives it, the way a room receives... Read more...