T.H. and I go to the sale barn every Thursday to buy a few head of steers. Lately he’s been too busy to go and he doesn’t trust me to go by myself so he’s been buying them on the internet from our local sale barn. We’re so modern. Embracing technology like that. Working remotely […]

I thought I would share a little “Quiet Time” with you today. We were trailing some cattle home from a pasture 5 miles away. It’s the Kansas way. You take some really gentle momma cows and calves. Put a feed truck in front of them and a horse behind them. And you have a “Walking […]

This is more of a “Show & Tell” post than my usual stories. This really happened. I was there. Last Tuesday . My buddy …”Playboy”… (real name is Max-Doc-O-Gold) …… I bought last summer from Joel Lesh …. just won the AQHA World Championship Team Penning in Oklahoma City! When I bought him from Joel in […]

Just when I think my little white “terrier-ist” is getting too old, she does something menacing …. Like kill a skunk ……. or corner a badger in the yard. Sometimes I forget to put her up before we go down the pens to work cattle. We all know how much “help” she can be. If […]

 Who knew? Seriously. Who knew that getting hay delivered could be such an aesthetically pleasing and satisfying experience? For an extra $1 per bale a middle-aged cowgirl can get her hay delivered and stacked in the barn. You simply call them up. Order the hay. They send over two age-appropriate cowboys. Dressed in chaps. I […]

 Every few years I get the yearning for a donkey. I’ve always wanted one. Most women my age yearn for another baby. I’ve never really cared for babies much. Well …… I really liked the baby I had, but not enough to have another one. I might feel that way about a donkey. I don’t […]

I was on the phone with my daughter and kept being distracted by a ruckus outside.  “Ruckus” meaning the familiar sound of 3 dogs having something either treed or cornered. I told her “I’ll call you back. The dogs have something out front. I need to make sure it’s not a cat.” Punishment is swift […]

  We are engaged in a massive “Red-Neck Renovation”.  This is an actual conversation between T.H. and me last night. (Not edited for brevity) ME:  Don’t we need to get a PortaPotty out here for these guys? T.H.:   Hell no! We’re out in the middle of no where. They can just go out in […]

 frolic: verb/ to amuse oneself . I am easily amused. People still ask me regularly “What do you do?” “Well…….. I frolic.”  I amuse myelf. I make merry. With my iPhone. frolic: verb/ to play and run about happily. They frolic …… so much they fall down. Well, just Pard, because he’s Pard. frolic : noun/ a playful […]

Don’t anybody tell T.H. I wrecked his brand new 4-Wheeler today. He doesn’t read my blog or do Facebook.  So if he finds out I’ll know one of you is a Narc. I’ve been borrowing his 4-Wheeler since mine is out of gas and I’m too lazy to go get some gas and fill it up. […]