Mothering in the West is a refined look
 at ranch raised children.
 It goes back to the beginning, and assumes
 that the West is the perfect place
 to be a parent.

 It is a new light on
 the Western Horizon, a landscape
 split away from the compaction of modern life
 where "Golden Arches" are wind artistry on
 sandstone  and "Happy Meals" are created
 in cow camps.

 It illuminates families whose
 lives are nearly  a tracing of the old days,
 old ways of their grandparents.
 
The stabilizing force is not the bold rancher
 carving out an empire, but the children riding
 gentle horses at his side learning their own
 love of the landscape and the work
 of caring for animals.