"The Good Lord is the final judge
of how we lived our life,
and when we pass
the question asked
is did we cowboy right"
Cowboy Right excerpt from Rod's book 'A Little Bit of Texas'
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About Rod Nichols
Born in Nacogdoches, Texas on January 3, 1942
Left this life on December 22, 2007
Husband, Father and Grandfather
Educator and Public Speaker for over 40 years
Acclaimed Poet
Artist
Author
Awards
1st Lariat Laureate of CowboyPoetry.com (2000)
Robert W. Service Writing Award
H.G. Wells Writing Award
Will Rogers Medallion Award (2003, for his book A Little Bit Of Texas) from
the Academy Of Western Artists
Contributing Author to
The Big Roundup (by CowboyPoetry.com, winner of The Best Cowboy Poetry Book, 2001)
The Lazy B (by Hon. Sandra Day O�Connor)
American Food Festivals (by Becky Mecuri)
The Wyoming Companion, University of Wyoming
Rope Burns Academy of Western Artists
The American Quarter Horse Journal
American Cowboy
Cowboy History and Performing Society (C.H.A.P.S.)
Author of Books
A Little Bit Of Texas (2002)
Drover Diaries (2006)
Old Trees �n Tumbleweeds (2007)
Author of CDs
In God�s Hands
Cowboy Christmas Mem�ries
Yep, A Little Bit More Of Texas
Contributing Author of CD
The Big Roundup Vols. 1 and 2
"My summer is over
it's the fall of my life
and you know, it's a good age to be.
Life is now mellow and more to my taste,
just an ol' autumn cowboy, that's me"
Autumn Cowboy excerpt from Rod's book 'Drover Diaries'
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"I'll see you down the road again
before the sunset fades,
I'll look for you as always 'neath
a little bit of shade"
A Little Bit of Shade excerpt from Rod's book 'Old Trees 'n Tumbleweeds'
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"Someday this'll all be over,
just a prairie, grass and wind,
I hope He'll let me pass this way
when it's time for headin' in"
Headin' In excerpt from Rod's book 'A Little Bit of Texas'
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"Now a new generation
can revisit that time,
through the life of the cowboy
who left it behind"
A Cowboy's Diary excerpt from Rod's book 'Drover Diaries'
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