Don Ford, critically acclaimed author of "Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-Smuggling Texas Cowboy," rancher, farmer and the son of an oil man, planted an acre's worth of land without the use of oil-related tools or devices. While working the soil with bare hands and crude instruments, suffering through the heat of a Texas drought, basic truths and bits of wisdom arose. This is a book about life, love, politics, addiction in all its forms. It's a book about nature, about horses and cattle, about farming and philosophy. Above all this is a book about our society and its future while dependent upon a resource that has reached its peak and will soon go into decline.

 

Visit the official "Ruminations" book page to see photos from the ranch, read excerpts from the book, and much more!