I have done work for some fine folks whose names you would recognize (but not many). None are quite as accomplished in the art of living as my Dad. This is Bernie Schwarz (b. 1933) packing the front quarters of my son’s bull off the mountain in 2009. He’s riding a saddle I made about thirty years ago. I also made his saddle bags, chinks, headstall, pack saddle, and pack bags. He still works on a ranch near where this picture was taken…building and repairing fence, irrigating, riding, working cattle, spraying weeds, and cutting firewood. He is a hardworking man with a down-to-earth Christian faith. His humility, kindness and generosity are apparent to all who know him.