Littlest Cowboy's Christmas

Author Michael Chandler and his young son,Preston, spent many winter afternoons working a snowplow through the drifts ofColorado snow near their Little Woody Creek horse ranch. Sometimes they madepaths for cars, for people, or for cattle, and sometimes they just made pathsfor fun. One day they decided to clear a road that led to a snowbound home. Theowner, a rugged cowboy named Joe Henry, asked if someone had hired them. Whenthey said no, the cowboy smiled, and they all became fast friends. A few weekslater, Joe Henry--a one-time miner, hockey player, and sailor who now wrotecowboy poetry--invited them to his Christmas Eve celebration.The party was held in Joeis barn in honor ofhis horse, Lefty, who was to enjoy his annual Christmas carrot and oats pie.Another man and his son had also been invited. What occurred that magicalevening was to be the most memorable Christmas Eve in Michael Chandleris life .. . an evening of live acoustic music in the Rocky Mountains with John Denver!The three men, two boys, and one horseenjoyed each otheris company with stories, song, food, laughter, and peacefulsilence. John Denver, known to the authoris son only as a[read more]