Waiting on a Rain~

Isn’t he a little stud? Look at that width down his top.  He will be in the top ten percent for weight next fall.  We purchased his momma a few years back and she knows how to salt the pounds on.  She’s a good one.   We love raising cattle.  We enjoy caring for them …

One Day and Then the Next~

It’s like this.  Your fine with it one day.  You don’t think about it, because you occupy yourself with other things to busy your mind with.  Then, another day you drive out and your hit with the full weight of it and you’re back to fighting that mental battle again. The wind is howling, and …

Mischievous Calves are a Blessing~

The pairs are out on the dryland field yet and will continue to be for several more weeks.  A good section of the field, mostly around the corrals and tree breaks, is fenced off by a hotwire to keep them in. The calves, however, are still small enough to walk back and forth underneath it …

From a Year to Today~

The official date was Earth Day, April 22, 2022. It was on a Friday, a year ago today, when Nebraska caught on fire.  I am not sure I will ever forget that night.  The fires that just kept starting up everywhere, for hours on end. I remember hearing that every volunteer fire department south and …

Blessed~

The exuberance of youth is one language. A bucket calf screams across the yard, tail flat out, darting and diving, playing ring around the rosey with the shed. In hot pursuit, three girls.  Shouts and screams, “Don’t let him get away.” “Noooo!” “Get him!” “Come on little buddy.” “He is getting away!” “Let’s go get …

A Change of Perspective

We thankfully received a little rain last night. I went out for my 3:00 a.m. check to find the sidewalks wet and to see a few snowflakes spitting down. We had forgotten to put the rain gauge out, so we think we received around a tenth which was good enough to calm the dirt and …

April Just Wants to Stay Mean~

It has been a wild ride the past few days.  Mother Nature has not been very kind with her strong winds and 90 plus degree days. The temperatures have regulated but the wind still howls.  All spring long the moisture we have received has kept the dirt from blowing.  But the 90 degrees has taken …

An Ill Wind That Blows~

It’s an ill wind that blows no good, indeed.A hot dry droughty wind, most definitely.Is that grass smoke I smell in the air or the smoke from crack of a Colt 45?Sometimes the shit hits the fan so hard you’re just a bewildered spectator.Watching it spiral, completely out of your control, left picking up all …

It is Finished~

Because of His death I am set free from mine. The sin of the entire world, the weight of it all, He bore it. It crushed Him. Because it is finished, He is my only hope. How can I fathom such love? None exists like this on earth. Tears stream down my face. Because He …

A Personal Journey~

There is an innate desire "to be" more. Knowing deep down your fullest potential has not been reached and that it's just over the horizon. Not knowing what it is or how to get there but you know it awaits. That there is something profoundly more that you are supposed to be. But right now, …