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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Memorial Day (05/23/12)

Putting on Your Best Bib and Tucker (05/18/12) 3

"Choosy Moms Choose Jif" & Other Memories (05/08/12) 5

Mom Always Liked You Best. (05/02/12) 4

Oh My It's May Again! (04/30/12) 5

Packing Your Suitcase (04/22/12) 9

Our Lovely Mrs. Sherman (04/19/12) 4

Good Thoughts About Life In General (04/12/12) 2

A New Pair of Shoes (04/06/12) 4

Tumble Weeds (03/31/12) 3

A Bit of Molasses and a Feather (03/24/12) 11

Leave the Porch Light On. (03/21/12) 15

People Who Make Me Smile (03/15/12) 2

Soup is Good Food (03/08/12) 17

We Shall Overcome (03/05/12) 2

Scrambled Eggs (02/28/12) 20

Some Assembly Required (02/24/12) 4

Enjoy the Sunset-Birdhouse Thoughts (02/16/12) 3

Let Me Call You Sweetheart (02/12/12) 6

Be My Valentine (02/09/12) 5

My Own Personal Trainers (02/02/12) 1

Just 5 + 1 Dumb Dirls (01/27/12) 4

Give Them Your Friendliest Smile (01/22/12) 32

Winter Tales-On Myself (01/18/12) 3

Carbon Footprints (01/14/12) 5

From An Empty Nest to A Full House (Again) (01/10/12) 3

Mom's Bread Drawer (01/05/12) 5

The Year that Was 2011 (12/30/11) 7

Sweet Memories (12/21/11) 8

Merry Christmas-The Shopper's Guide to Joy (12/17/11) 7

Dad's Place on the Hill (12/10/11) 16

The Holiday Season (12/04/11) 11

Idaho Trip (12/01/11) 7

Being Thankful (11/16/11) 6

Growing Up Poor- By Bud Allen (11/12/11) 6

A Thank -You Will Never Be Enough (11/07/11) 8

The Guests at the Dinner Table-Toothpick Philosophy (10/28/11) 3

A trip to Hannibal Missouri (10/26/11) 6

Toothpick Philosophy (10/21/11) 7

The Bench Warmers (10/19/11) 11

Swallowing Flies Can Be Dangerous to Your Health. (10/12/11) 5

Who's Afraid of the Dark? (10/10/11) 3

Losing Some of My Feathers (10/07/11) 21

I Put on My Cleanest Dirty Shirt (10/04/11) 6

No One Likes a Frowny Face (09/30/11) 8

Take One Home to Your Mother-In-Law (09/27/11) 34

Homecoming-GO PILOTS! (09/24/11) 2

Clothesline Thoughts (09/14/11) 37

He Wore A White Hat. (09/12/11) 5

The Pink House (09/09/11) 4

What I am supposed to Say? (09/07/11) 3

Johnny Parkes Beside the Road (09/01/11) 5

There's Yard Sale on Antarctica Street!! (08/31/11) 13

Short Stories-Part Two (08/23/11) 4

Short Stories (08/17/11) 7

I Got Nothin! (08/15/11) 18

The Ties that Bind (08/09/11) 11

Taking the week off. (08/02/11) 1

Joy In the Journey (07/28/11) 5

A Good Cow Dog Is Hard To Find (07/26/11) 9

Brighten the Corner Where You Are. (07/19/11) 8

What Really Matters (07/15/11) 11

A Friend like Susan (07/12/11) 3

The Gift (07/07/11) 3

There's a Hole in my Bucket (07/03/11) 8

Long May She Wave! (06/28/11) 2

Dodging the Cow Patties (06/27/11) 13

Friday Night Fudge (06/22/11) 5

The Fork in the Road (06/20/11) 3

Missing Our Dad on Father's Day (06/14/11) 6

Having Your Cake and Eating it Too. (06/13/11) 6

Empty Nest (06/08/11) 5

The Old Cookbook (06/04/11) 5

Spit out the Hot Air, Dr. Seuss and the Cowboy (06/01/11) 2

Memorial Day-Branding Day Guests (05/27/11) 2

America the Beautiful-Women Who Served (05/23/11) 5

Home of the Brave-The American Soldier (05/21/11) 3

The Land of the Free-Patriots (05/20/11) 2

The Buck Stops Here (05/18/11) 5

In Honor of My Other Mothers (05/14/11) 3

The Tale of Three Pigs. (05/11/11) 4

In Honor of Mother's Day (05/05/11) 9

The Pleasure of A Good Campfire (05/02/11) 4

Ask the Librarian (04/28/11) 2

We Are Off To See the Wizard. (04/27/11) 3

Come On Let's Play! (04/21/11) 17

"Old One Eye" (04/19/11) 15

Choosing The High Road (04/16/11) 4

Cousins by the Dozens (04/14/11) 1

What Will Be Our Legacy? (04/07/11) 6

The Quality of Mercy in the Drought. (04/05/11) 2

The Promise of Spring (04/02/11) 1

Ladies & Gentlemen (03/29/11) 1

Penny (03/26/11) 6

Mud Fights-The Social Contract (03/22/11) 2

A Dollar Bill and a Stamped Envelope (03/15/11) 3

Horse Sense-Trail Blazing (03/10/11) 2

Admiring Your Serve (03/08/11) 1

Rachel, The Tall Steer and other Summer Stories (03/04/11) 1

Can You Hear Me Now? (03/02/11) 4

Playground Rules from Grade School (02/26/11) 4

Missouri Life (02/23/11) 1

Horse Stories (02/22/11) 3

Standing on the Ant Hill (02/19/11) 6

The Long Climb To Adulthood (02/17/11) 3

Faithful Friends (02/15/11) 2

Gone with the Wind (02/10/11) 3

Horse Sense-The Building of Faith and Confidence (02/08/11) 1

The Story of Ruth and Other Animals (02/06/11) 1

Old Ben Raymond (02/03/11) 1

Do it even if you don't feel like it. (02/02/11) 2

Idaho-isms (01/30/11) 2

The Tale of Two Cows (01/27/11) 6

The Social Contract Cont-Community (01/26/11) 1

The Social Contract-Ranch Style (01/25/11) 5

Walking the Fence Line
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Fixing fence is the one of the hardest jobs on a ranch. I no longer live on a ranch, but I do know what hard work is. Fences are everyone's concern, but nowadays,the "hole" is always your neighbor's side not your own. It used to be that you would respect your neighbor and mend the fence together. If their cows got in your field, a simple phone call resolved the problem. You might even saddle up your own horse and help them gather them up. We need more people who are willing to roll their sleeves up and fix the fence regardless of who your neighbor is. There are people in this country who need to be reminded that a fence is like the way you should conduct your life. Your posts should be straight and neat. The wire needs to be stretched tight and your gate might be closed, but can still be easily opened. And most of all, we can all saddle up together and ride the range, it won't matter if you have an Appaloosa, Quarter Horse or Thoroughbred. The cows still have to be gathered, fences have to be fixed, and the range is a wide open space of opportunity for us all.
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