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Tag Archives: Ranch
Uncle Rog
Uncle Rog would be 93 years old today. I can hardly believe he’s been gone for ten years. There’s seldom a day that goes by that someone doesn’t say, “you know what Rog would say about that…” He was my … Continue reading
Life Happens All At Once
One thing I’ve learned over the past few years is that life happens all at once. Life has a tendency to be complicated and unexpected and not really what you had planned. Good times happen in the middle of bad … Continue reading
The Race Is On
Kentucky has the Derby, Baltimore has the Preakness, New York has the Belmont and Casper has the Matched Horse Race. There are, however, a few differences. The hats are different. There is whisky instead of mint julep. The saddles must … Continue reading
The Not Martha Stewart Christmas
I picture a Martha Stewart Christmas as one where everything looks perfect, the food is all ready to eat at the same time, everyone is perfectly behaved, the conversation is delightful and no one talks on top of anyone else. … Continue reading
Random Thoughts, Events and Photos
My brain is having trouble keeping up lately…ok, not just lately, maybe just more than normal. I could swear yesterday was the first day of school and here we are 8 days away from Thanksgiving. Eight days people! I sent … Continue reading
The Days After Atlas
Please note that my family’s ranch is in central Wyoming. We received about 2 feet of heavy wet snow but the storm did not affect us the same way that if affected eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota and Nebraska. … Continue reading
Questioning Cattle Deaths in South Dakota
I’ve been reading through blog posts about the aftermath of last weeks winter storm in South Dakota. I came across a couple of news articles on CNN and NBC News sites. And then I did something I never, ever should … Continue reading
What Atlas Did to South Dakota
Last week a severe winter storm, Atlas, hit hard out west. It hit eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota especially hard. In my last post I said “it wasn’t like the blizzard of ’49”. But I didn’t know what I … Continue reading
We Interrupt Fall to Bring You the Dead of Winter
It snowed a bit back at the ranch. Actually, it snowed quite a bit. The most it has snowed in October in quite some time. According to KTWO radio the final tally was 11.3 inches breaking the previous record from … Continue reading
Shipping and then Snow
A couple of weeks ago, back at the ranch, it was shipping day. I would love to tell you that this post is filled with pictures and stories from that day. It’s not. I didn’t receive a lot of pictures … Continue reading
Pretty Work 