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Glynn Praesel: Don’t Ever Quit Climbing Trees

October 16, 2026 by Michael G Ethridge

Glynn Praesel in a black cowboy hat and brown leather jacket standing in front of wooded Texas Hill Country

Glynn Praesel won his first buckle in Kendall County on the seventh bucking horse he ever climbed on. Forty-three years later, he’ll tell you he has failed more than he has succeeded, and that he is still more afraid of not living than of dying. Glynn Praesel was 19 and on the seventh bucking horse … Read more

While the Table Is Full

October 16, 2026 by Michael G Ethridge

Michael G Ethridge, publisher of The Kendall Gentleman, leaning against a wire fence in a maroon patterned shirt

Around here, “self-reliant” is about the highest compliment you can pay a man. We say it about the rancher who fixes his own fence, the business owner who made payroll in a bad year without telling anyone how close it was, and the father who never let his kids see him worried. We mean it … Read more

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