Banter and buddies
Joe Bob is an interesting character in his own right. He enjoys his happy hick persona to the...
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Moonlighting cowboy-style
You don’t have to own yearling cattle that get out on the highway after you have gone to bed at...
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Annie’s dancing again
She used up all 99 years end-to-end and when she departed for her heavenly home last week, Annie...
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Looking for Romeo
Romeo was destined for greatness the day he hit the ground as a newborn colt. Perfectly made, his...
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Forty miles of dirt road
While I’m sure the phrase “forty miles of dirt road” for some will recall its use to describe...
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Home cookin’
Common cowboy cooking is widely acclaimed to be the very best, spiciest, most original and filling o...
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Hard-won victories
It didn’t take an act of Congress to give cowgirls their equal opportunity rights in their...
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Follow the North star
For centuries and long before time was recorded, our ancestors used the stars for their navigation...
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Workin’ for peanuts
Cowboys are always a never-ending source of funny quips and one-liners delivered with a...
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A snapshot in time
A Pandora’s box of memories sits on a closet shelf with a label that simply says “Old Photos.” A...
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Killjoy holiday gift shopping
This is the time of year that I usually create a funny but accurate shopping list for the ranch...
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Truth in advertising
As the season of gift buying looms ahead, the “buyer beware” wisdom needs to be in flashing lights...
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That’s how it was
The smell of cedar smoke from the chimney on the house hung low over ranch headquarters and a...
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Cowboy neighbors
Ranchers need help. They need lots of help. Top of the list of needs is extra cowboys to get the...
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Name it and claim it
Times are hard. Folks are doing all they can to make a living and pay the light bill. Often, that...
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Survival when it wasn’t a game
The family stories are still out there, floating around the holiday dinner table or written in...
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History in the leaves of gold
A single cottonwood tree, gone bright yellow in the season, its leaves and branches framing a deep...
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Testing the boundaries of marital bliss
The term “marital bliss” used during any moment of working cattle at the ranch is said only with...
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All it takes is money
The realtor’s invention of the 40-acre ranch brought agriculture holdings to town, so to speak....
Read MoreThe perfection of fall
By Julie Carter In my book, fall is about the most perfect of the year’s four seasons. It is the time when all things that make cowboys, rednecks and assorted combinations thereof the very happiest. At the ranch,...
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