The fence needed fixing. It always needs fixing. That's not a complaint — that's the whole philosophy. Gray I. Rony is a rancher, a veteran, and an essayist who writes like a man talking to you across a fire — low, unhurried, and honest enough to make you uncomfortable in the best possible way. He lives on six thousand acres in New Mexico. He drives a RAM Power Wagon that's never been washed on purpose. He plays piano, but nobody asks about it twice because his hands make obv