Blog

  • It’s Branding Week!

    It’s branding week! We started preparing early by cleaning the garage yesterday, which is where we will feed the crew.  We had some good slave labor helping get the job done. However, they have banned… Read more

  • Cowgirl Chronicles: Blessings Bestowed~

    We turned everything out on green rye pasture today, April 28th. It feels amazing, so amazing. We have never stopped feeding hay so early in the spring before. All I can think about is last… Read more

  • Gate Girl Haiku~

    Eight and sixteen yearsSeventy-six and sunny Boots, spurs and jean shorts XO Megan Read more

  • The Makings of a Cowgirl~

    It’s time to saddle up girls.We’ve got pairs to turn out.Hurry up, put on your boots and spurs.Go catch your horses and saddle up. Mom, my boots are too small.Oh great, right now? Can you… Read more

  • Things That I Like~

    Things that I like, are to hear Sandhill cranes fly over my head in the spring and falland the song of a meadowlark on a summer day the smell of spring in the early morningand… Read more

  • Just Sit With Me~

    “Do you have time for a cup of coffee before you leave?” “Yep, I do.” We both need to run. Sitting down for fifteen minutes won’t cost us that much, but it seems so. I… Read more

  • Moving Bulls~

    One is on a mission to get there.One is slowly poking along.One is trying to turn back.One is trying to start a fight.One is the big hookin’ bull.One is the whipped-out bunch quitter.One is wanting… Read more

  • Winds of Change~

    Winds of change, barrel downmountain slopes and across the plains.Storm clouds blacken the horizon.Bright veins flash, wildly insane. The winds whirl a diabolic charade.A banshee screams her high-pitched wail.The evil one slyly grins with approval,as… Read more

  • Ag Update: February 6th, 2024~

    The quick rundown: -Foggy. It has been incredibly foggy. Today was the first day we saw the sun rise since last Thursday. If that “90 days from fog” saying holds true, then our branding is going to get… Read more

  • Ducks and Geese~

    Duck and geese chatter filled the night air as we stepped out of the vehicle. What an astonishing sound for the first of February! My thoughts were immediately taken back to the Sandhills, where the plethora of… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I am so thrilled you are here! I am a third-generation rancher and I want to tell you a story. It’s a true story and one that not many know about or truly understand. It is a story that is romanticized, but reality can tell it starkly different. It has a deep history that is still lived out richly today. Lived out by “salt of the earth” people filled with grit, determination, a deep love for the lifestyle, immense respect for the land and the animals that graze it, and a little bit of stubbornness. This is a story about the American rancher. This is my story, our story.

Find us on:

Follow the Story!

Stay updated with our latest recipes and other news by joining our newsletter.