Slide across that bench seat because the 41st Gathering is cleaned up and headed to town. The solitude of the sticks can produce some beautiful poems and songs, but when the loneliness creeps in, it’s the company of other humans we crave. Cowboy singer Jimmy Cantwell, storyteller and poet Dakota Holdaway, and string-plucking polymath Brigid Reedy come together to kick off our big week. From the feedstore to the grocery store—and all the places in between—we’re celebrating the individuals and places that keep ranch country convened.