Fifteen~

We celebrated 15 years. I asked him if he thought it had gone by fast or slow?  Neither of us could really succinctly answer that question. I guess the answer is vaguely, both?  You can’t look back and think of yourself at 22, newly married and sufficiently say that it has gone by fast.  OK, …

No Redeeming Factors~

Heat, in the triple digits, and wind, as its accomplice, join forces to suck every lick of moisture and resolve out of everything living thing around.  A hot dirty haze clouds the horizon. It must be dirt?  It sure isn’t humidity. Just hunker down, it will be over soon.  Maybe, I don’t know? It is …

Summer Hours~

We gathered bulls to fertility test.  Gathering to the corral, a macho game of who is the bigger jerk, fights in the gate.  Whipped out ones hiding in a corner, tucking ass and running past those who made them feel less inferior.  Keeping them separated so the fences last.  They all passed, which is good.  …

Something to Ponder~

Something to Ponder~ Do you ever think about that maybe your words matter? What you say and how you say it. That just maybe someone is yearning for you to say just the right thing, desperately needing and wanting to hear it? I would suggest we all be aware of that, because someone is counting …

When the Grass is Short~

The building rainstorm passes over us. Mother Nature you are going to make me a sceptic.  Two nights in a row you built what we needed right over our heads and then deposited your gift off to the east.  A dark bank sat low on the far western horizon all afternoon, lackadaisical and unpromising in …