A little performer

A photo of me as a kid, maybe 6 or 7 years old, at the trailer I grew up in, in Fairbanks, Alaska.

I remember I used to emerge out to entertain my audience, which usually just consisted of my Mom, but at times, when family would visit, I would get my costume together and my plan, and I would emerge, much like the photo above.

I wonder who was visiting with these beautiful cowboy boots, that I borrowed to use for this performance.  When I moved to Texas, I decided that I needed cowboy boots, so I bought fancy ones at Dandy Western Wear, in Sweetwater, Texas.  My boots are made by the Anderson Bean Boot Company, and are made to last at least 10 years, if not a lifetime. I have hiked in them, and appreciate the technology of the boots, because the tough skin around the feet, I think they could defeat even an unexpected snake bite.

I also bought the largest cowboy hat they had, and when I would wear the combo and talk to artists that either knew me before, or I had met in residence, I would joke, "the only thing I'm missing is the gun!"  I still want an even larger cowboy hat.

I remember being a performer, a writer, a visual artist, a dancer, all when I was just a little kid. I do not remember who owned the boots in the above photo, yet I am curious, because they look like legit cowboy boots, maybe even Anderson Bean ones.