BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMWorkCalendar NAME:RMWorkCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Cowboy Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T105645Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:340-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Black Cowboy day- In the USA \, National Cowboy day is july 25th so I say\, give this day to art\, text full of imagination for the black cowboy  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/ 261-saint-mary-magdalene-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=f indComment&\;comment=938  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The world seem dark\, stepping hooves are still a udible. A hand lift the veil of unending night into a day aside a rodeo tr oop.  \n\n \n\n “What did I tell you about walkin around when the horse s are about with your hat down?” : speak a visibly mature female in an h onest rodeo rider gown\, gentle while luscious smile absent lipstick\, smo oth chocolate skin reflecting the light in the day\; the little girl she i s speaking to shrug her shoulders.  \n\n \n\n “Come on Candace”: spea k another female troop member. The little girl\, a third candace height or width with hair in a bun while some mud is in her face\, look about the t roop getting ready.\n\n \n\n \n\n “hey\, Emae \, be good ok and when we finish the afternoon show I will tell you a story from any card you want ”: and Candace get on her horse\, in front of the troop. Emae look to Ca ndace horse.  \n\n \n\n “Jambalaya\, please take care of Candace”\n\n \n\n The horse look down to Emae and winkle both nostril. Emae walk aroun d the march and take something from her back pocket\; it seem to be a card set. Suddenly\, Emae drop the card set with a shimmy.  \n\n \n\n “Beeb ee!”: Emae shake her head while picking up the remaining fallen card. Be ebee sit in the railing and Emae eventually join her.\n\n \n\n “Why do y ou take your cards out Em\, I keep mine safe”\n\n \n\n “Cause Candace always gives good information on any one I choose in various times\, I mus t be ready”\n\n \n\n “I don’t have that one\, who is that”\n\n \n\ n \n\n \n\n “This is Nat Love\, my sister said he once jumped off of the Rio Grande Western Railway to catch a horse that was possessed by a venge ful spirit.”\n\n \n\n “you and your stories”: but Beebee listen.  \ n\n \n\n “All are true!\, the train was taking magical native american i tems from Mesa Verde\, Colorada to Salt Lake\, and from there to New York and go cross an ocean to Finnyland”\n\n \n\n “Well that explain the horse’s anger”\n\n \n\n “Yep\, the horse was trying to cause an aval anche on the mountain side\, but Love waited for it\, climbing outside the train cars to the front of the train\, and jumped on it\, using his years of experience. No one in the company saw him wrassle a horse before. And he and horse tumbled aside the mountain. He was so tough. He saw the spiri ts in the horse and asked them what was wrong as he rode the bucking beast . GO CANDACE!”\n\n \n\n Beebee cheer. And\, Emae continue talking as the y watch.  \n\n \n\n “… backflip it Sara!… well\, the spirits spoke to Love and they said\, they don’t want to leave thier home. Love realiz ed what needed to be done. The ancient spirits needed another vessel. But with so many spirits in need\, the horse wasn’t enough\, so Love made a bargain with the spirits. He will offer his body if he fail to return all the spirits to their ancestral home… eventually the train reached Salt L ake and with the spirits help\, he acquired a set of horses\, more than en ough to hold all the spirits with room to spare and he escorted them back to Mesa. My sister said she will tell me how he fought the ghost panther\, an ancient enemy of the spirits who tried to stop them from going home” \n\n \n\n “hmm\, I got to get him\, I like that one\, Ohhh! I love that one”\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “You got a boyfriend!”\n\n \n\n Beebee punch Emae on the arm and continue: “My pa always dress up as him for harvest . Do you know about him?”\n\n \n\n EMae shake her head negatively.\n\n \ n\n “Ned Huddlestone\, later Isome Dart\, was a thief of the range. He s tole thousands of cattle in his lifetime\, selling them illegally”\n\n \ n\n “A real dangerous one”\n\n \n\n “Yes\, but his early years prove d he had a bright future ahead. During the War Between States\, he aided h ungry Confederate soldiers while freeing enslaved blacks in Arkansas. What whites didn’t know was he was a double agent\, thus the two guns he alw ays sported the rest of his life\, one for the northerners and one for the southerners. One time\, a wicked whitey named Nathaniel Price tried to un do his plan. He was a union soldier whose family once owned Ned. So he tri ed to stop his switches of food for people. Whenever Ned got boxes of food \, he would organize with the Whispers Road”\n\n \n\n “Oh I love tales of the Whispers Road”\n\n \n\n “As you know\, the Whispers Roads comm unicate by marks on trees or homes\, but only the members know the places that are meant to be\, but after the slaves reached Ned’s location he pl aced them in the boxes and prepared them for their journey. That is when N athaniel Price came. He thought with Ned’s back turned he couldn’t att ack him. But\, Ned both guns ready\, but unsure to which could hit\, had t o try both. He was in front of a old unused hearth in the shed and waited. Nathanial said to him- I got you know nigger\, I will take these messages to the union back to their southern masters and their agent will be undon e.”\n\n \n\n Beebee then got off the rail and took a pose facing it and continue: “agent\, I am no agent to the north or south\, my only goal is freeing my people\, by any means necessary- and Ned faster than lightning \, took a half step forward with one foot\, half step backward with anothe r \, turned his torso ninety degrees and unleashed both guns and shot them \, the two bullets hit off the old hearth\, the southern bullet hit a wood en wall somewhere\, but the northern bullet reflected straight on to Natha nial Price and through his scheming heart. ”  \n\n \n\n Beebee then sta rt to walk slow or bowlegged like and continue: “well well\, said Ned\, it seems you are union after all\, well no matter”\, and Beebee made ges tures with her hands like guns spinning before being holstered and then ma de a stylish pose. Emae clapped\, shaking her legs in the rail. Beebee joi ned her back on the rail smiling at her successful telling.\n\n \n\n They both then cheered seeing a trick and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon sho w.  \n\n \n\n Later\, Candace is refresh after the afternoon show and mee t Emae at a table: “How is Beebee?”\n\n \n\n “She’s fine\, you wer e great out there\, we will be better than you and Sara one day”\n\n \n\ n “of course you will\, you better”: and Candace smile at Emae\, and h and her a breakfast.  \n\n \n\n “Thank you … ”\n\n \n\n “I know\, I know\, ok\, pull the one you want me to talk about… ok… yes\, this guy was Bass Reeves”: and Candace give the photo back to Emae.  \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n Candace continue\, while she sit and eat an apple: “I never told you about him\, well\, Bass Reeves was a student of a Black Seminole family\, led by their matriarch\, Llorando Camino\, she was a granddaught er to Osceola and chose to lead the Black Seminoles”\n\n \n\n “I know about them”\n\n \n\n “yes”: Candace smile:“… the Black Seminoles who were allowed to stay in the territory\, while\, as you know\, the maj ority of the Black Seminoles followed Jonas Caballo to Mexico and true fre edom. Anyway! She taught Bass many things\, which she learned in a life fi ghting US army\, bandits\, drunkards or any in between\, in close combat o r the range. After the thirteenth amendment\, he left since he didn’t ha ve to worry about being enslaved again\, with his skills first and the law second… you want more\, well \, you better eat and not just look at me talk… he eventually became a us marshall\, you see\, in the indian terri tories\, many criminals tried to hide and murdered many native americans o ver the years. Bass never forgot his teacher and helped protect the lands from vile outsiders\, one was called Jimmy the Breaker Stone. He came from a family of murderers for hire in europe\, known for using their hands to murder people. Jimmy Stone escaped from law enforcers and went into the t erritory. He was in a cave\, only one way in or out\, but it had a small b reak of light inside where it was under a mountain and had a garden in it alongside a stream of water\, allowing for food or survival. No one dared go into the Stone Cave as it was known. In the dark\, who could face this raw killer. But\, Bass Reeves was trained to fight absent the light. He we nt into the cave with a rope and no gun and three hours later\, Jimmy Ston e was being dragged out\, hogtied. The other law enforcers never forget th e face Stone gave Bass\, but the words were more potent\, The Justice of t he Dark… good\, nearly finished eating\, well I will get ready for my ev ening show\, do you want to wait for me or go back home with grandpa?”\n \n \n\n “You please”: say Emae with sandwich in the mouth. Candace sha ke her head and continue: “alright… have another card ready for the road”: and Candace leave Emae at a table.  \n\n \n\n Later in the eveni ng\, Emae is playing a game on her mobile video game player in the passeng er side of the truck while Candace drive them home\, smiling.  \n\n \n\n Emae react to something outside.  \n\n \n\n “Just thunder and lightning Emae”: calmly say Candace.  \n\n \n\n “Its so big”\n\n \n\n “Ahh h \, so you are afraid of thunder and lightning like that”\n\n \n\n Emae shake her head in confirmation. Candace pull out a card from her shirt po cket and Emae interest rise. Emae take a flashlight out of her carry bag.  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “This is a luxury edition card”\n\n \n\n “yes\ , and who is that”\n\n \n\n “Will Pickett\, bill pickett bill picket t”\n\n \n\n “good… do you know how he bull dogged the white buffal o?”\n\n \n\n Emae shake her head in ignorance while smiling.  \n\n \n\n Candace continue: “do you even know the white buffalo? ”\n\n \n\n Ema e ask: “Is it a buffalo with white skin?”\n\n \n\n “You haven’t be en reading the legends book… well\, The White Buffalo is not white\, it is a buffalo from the spirit world that comes through a gateway made throu gh storms\, whenever a storm occurs over these lands\, The White Buffalo c an come through\, all electric”\n\n \n\n “Like Storm of the Xmen”\n\ n \n\n “Right\, but with a body made of electricity and the legends say\ , if he can get through the gateway a storm will persists until he returns … well\, one day\, all the ranchers heard of a brewing storm. It was gro wing between Oklahoma\, texas\, arkansas and louisiana. Every day getting bigger and bigger. Natives said the White Buffalo is free\, he must return to his world. But they were prepared to move as they always have been fro m ancient times. Ranchers complained about the growing storm destroying th eir livelihoods. Pickett knew as a ranchhand\, he will lose pay and didn ’t have anywhere to go. So asked a friend Sam Tootall\, to help him spea k to the Elders and see if he can help. The Elders agreed to see him and t old him that The White Buffalo must agree to go back into its world. With so many of the native people murdered they are unwilling to risk their str ongest and will leave as in the past. Pickett comprehended and rode a hors e to the center of the storm. While the thunder and lightning was a vibran t symphony\, the wind was relatively still\, at first Pickett thought it w asn’t there but after patiently waiting he cognized a buffalo shape that will appear at times. He had no weapon but he galloped on his horse in a circle within a white brilliance and when he finally caught a moment where his stride\, the buffalo’s motion were in synch\, he leaped off his hor se and grabbed The White Buffalo by the horns. Pickett’s horse immediate ly left and the Buffalo bucked upwards as if any piece of sky could be its ground and Pickett held on in the clouds and back near the ground again a nd again\, some Natives recall their forebears saying they saw him in the sky russling lightning. Pickett was getting tired and The White Buffalo se emed to have no end of energy. Pickett then noticed inside the mouth of th e White Buffalo seemed more solid and he chose to bite on its tongue. The White Buffalo spent wildly but Pickett held on and rasstled him to the gro und. The eyes of The White Buffalo were incredulous. Pickett merely smiled and met his gaze\, they seemed to speak without words\, and pickett let g o of the legendary life form and watched as it went through the gateway\, and ”\n\n \n\n Emae yawn with sleepy eyes.  \n\n \n\n Candace continu e: “you like the story… yeah\, good\, well\, Pickett watched the White Buffalo go past its gate and I will tell you how Pickett was given a task by The White Buffalo later to save its child from the Red Cougar later\, pleasant dreams”\n\n \n\n Candace watch Emae nodding while sleep\, and d rove home.\n\n \n\n …\n\n \n\n Sunshine bath Emae in her bed. Suddenly\, she get up and exit her room\, and run down stairs.  \n\n \n\n “They a re gone for today\, Candace said she will bring you to another show later\ , but she is proud you spent all day with her yesterday”: say an elder f emale voice in a kitchen\, sounds of frying food reverberating. Emae look downward. A male elder speak: “Get washed up Em\, and come down for your morning meal”\n\n \n\n “ok Grampie”: Emae walk slowly up the stairs .\n\n \n\n Fresh\, Emae sit down reverse her grandparents. She look to a y ounger photo of her grandfather.  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n Emae grandfather tu rn to the wall and smile:“ are you looking at me Em?”\n\n \n\n Emae sh ake her head in confirmation and say: “yes Grampie”\n\n \n\n “Good t imes\, good times”: and he look back to the wall and see another photo.\ n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n He continue while looking at his wife: “your grandmot hers\, father did not like me you know Em”\n\n \n\n “Here we go!”: s ay the Grandmother.  \n\n \n\n “I am telling it like it is”\n\n \n\n Emae smile while eating porridge with fruit in it.\n\n \n\n “I wish I co uld persuade you to not listen to him Em\, but I am fully aware that his s torytelling ways is part of the myth telling gene in this house”\n\n \n\ n The Grandfather wink at Emae and say:“Em knows truth when she hear i t”\n\n \n\n “ok\, Hector\, convince me\, of your truthtelling”: and the Grandmother smile\, arms in a fold.  \n\n \n\n “See it all began wh en I first met Mr Lemon\, I thought it was funny\, calling Mr Lemon\, Mr L ime when he got angry\, but I didn’t realize that his experiences with v arious citrus were on the adventurous or personal side because of his fath er Bob Lemon…”\n\n \n\n And\, Emae sat eating her fruit porridge liste ning to her Grandfather tell a story to her side her Grandmother.\n\n …\ n\n\n\n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read b elow\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e 64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/bl og/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n\n Poetry or More Audiobook\n\n https://www. kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poetry%20or%20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&a mp\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f06360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n \n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearch field=Series&\;seriesId=965aea81-4e13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story Collection\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Mur ray%20Short%20Story%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=0 14c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250725 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR