Sweet potatoes couldn’t wait
I was eating new sweet potatoes the last week of August this a year.
That’s about a month earlier than I typically dig them.
I could...
All about equines
Our oldest daughter competed with the University of Arkansas Ranch Horse team in Bryan, Texas this past month. This is something new she started...
False fall and reunions
Has fall weather finally arrived? I am really hoping that it has as the endless days of heat and summer have really hung on...
Personalities
Every spring and fall we always have a new batch of show calves that are in different stages of development. Some are newly weaned...
Waiting on Fall
We have almost made it to Labor Day weekend. Goodness it is so dry and brown in our part of the world. We have...
Signs of an old man’s farm
I took a walk around my small acreage on a recent spring day and took mental inventory of the many messes I need to...
Famous last words
Even before I was old enough to drive it on the road, I was somewhat proficient at making repairs to our 1948 farm truck.
I...
New chapters
Over the summer, my husband and I moved two daughters to two different college campuses. The first one moved into a small house down...
The summer stretch
Hopefully we are seeing the end of the summer days and the kids are in the final push for the last summer show, the...
Summer heat
I am not a fan of summer heat, but here I am traveling to shows and hauling kids and cattle all over the place...



