The Art Box - Episode 60 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Roundup - Rancher, Border Collie Wrangler, and The Art Box Favorite Cowboy Poet - Meet Annie Mackenzie

Were we ever lucky to grab Headliner Poet Annie and her sister Megan for an Art Box guest appearance. Annie help tech us that no matter how big the star they have time to be ultra nice to everyone. While known as the family rambler, Annie Mackenzie has her roots planted firmly at the fourth-generation family ranch in southeast Oregon, 30 miles north of the small town of Jordan Valley. She spends her days assisting her two brothers and father in tending cattle, starting horses, and managing the unruly pack of border collies that inhabit the place. She has taught agriculture, served as the local high school FFA advisor, and worked with Sun J Livestock, contractors who gather wild horses across the western states. Though Annie competed in college rodeo, she found herself continually returning home to help out. She is now back where she feels she belongs–on the range with her brothers–writing poems and songs in her beloved High Desert. Annie is the recipient of this year’s Della Johns scholarship. Thank you Annie! Thank you to Nevada Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities for sponsoring the Art Box visit to Elko, Nevada. Thank you to the Buchanan family for their intro music.