Adventures in showing
My niece and I recently returned from Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City where we exhibited our cattle. It is a big show that brings...
Taking time
The phone call started with, “Mom! I need you to get down here right now!” Our oldest daughter had popped home on a Thursday...
New Year goals
We have made it to 2026 and I am not sure where 2025 went. I feel like it just flew by, and I am...
No love for winter fishing
My dad taught me just about everything I ever needed to know about fishing, from starting me early with a riverbank sapling and length...
Giving to others
We are in the middle of holiday show season. For me that just means it is much colder when working with the show calves....
Behind the scenes
The past few weeks have been a flurry of activity as our local high school football team has won round after round of games...
An old country boy’s lament
If I claim to know much about the Ozarks farm landscape, I’m kidding myself.
When I drive the county roads near Brookline and Republic –...
Time change challenge
We are finally officially into fall with a first hard frost and the arrival of “daylight savings time”. I think it is silly that...
Signs of fall
I blinked and I found myself in the middle of November. Youth deer hunting weekend was a success for our youngest son. He is...
The best Christmas gift ever
With this Christmas I have been around for 77 yuletide seasons, some more memorable than others, but all treasured for particular reasons.
Like many of...
