Fall is here! "I have been to a number of HHDs over the years, but this was the first one that I can remember wearing multiple layers."
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- Glenn Brunkow
This month marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11. I remember where I was and everything about the exact moment the plane hit the second tower. I was on my couch with my two pre-school aged children on either side of me. I was finishing my preparations to go to work that morning. Saying I was s…
- Glenn Brunkow
Happy birthday to our Dust on the Dashboard columnist, Gelnn Brunkow!
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Some days it is the little things that make me incredibly grateful – like laughing until your ribs hurt."
- Dixi Wellman
"My mom, Sharon Travis, is my favorite reading teacher, and she is steadfast in believing that reading grows us mentally and socially."
- Katie Kaliff-Jagels
I had been telling people for months that “August isn’t near as busy for us,” and I guess that was just a flat lie.
- Glenn Brunkow
"Uncle Jim passed away suddenly, doing what he loved to do, with his boots on - the way every cowboy should exit this earth."
- Jaclyn Wilson
If there was ever a week that demonstrated just how quickly the political winds surrounding the American beef industry can shift, this was it.
- Glenn Brunkow
The boss was gone this week and too busy to write his column. Lucky for me he left his computer out and I decided to tell the world just what it is like to be his dog.
- Jaclyn Wilson
"If he had “constructive criticism,” he also had to acknowledge the good work, too. That’s a struggle for most ranchers, it seems."
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, we are making cow chow!
- Glenn Brunkow
“If I can remember how to type, I don’t have to worry about memory loss.”
- Jaclyn Wilson
"The older generation not only refused to have those discussions but also provided no thoughts on what the future could potentially look like. How discouraging."
- Glenn Brunkow
"That last week before school started seemed like it only lasted a couple of days."
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Law No. 1: Livestock know when you are in a hurry. They also know when you are wearing good clothes."
- Dixi Wellman
"We were more than excited to lend them our smiles, big welcomes, give directions, answer questions and play tour guide to all that Lincoln and surrounding areas had to offer."
- Kristen Sindelar
"I don’t know what I was thinking in May when I planted the entire package of green beans."
- Glenn Brunkow
"Every year I feel like a really mean person as I take the halter from children who are sobbing uncontrollably as they part ways with their lamb or goat."
- Jaclyn Wilson
We did something a little bit different this weekend at the ranch. A neighbor offered a ranch emergency training seminar, and after seeing it posted about a month ago, I had signed all of us up to go.
- Katie Kaliff-Jagels
"Watching the kids play in the yard and chase the ducks, and witnessing how excited they were to see the cows reminds me how fortunate we are to be able to share this with them."
- Glenn Brunkow
"Our form of government is built upon the idea of each of us participating."
- Jaclyn Wilson
"The farm bill write up is going on right now, and somehow mandatory country of origin labeling or MCOOL has reared its ugly head again." Jaclyn Wilson breaks down the points against mandatory labeling, but you should do your own reserach, too.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute, we are in recovery mode. It is 100 % self inflicted.
- Glenn Brunkow
"I have always liked fruit and vegetables; my problem is I like less healthy foods just as much."
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Seeing things and asking questions gives a different insight, sometimes positive and sometime negative. But the educational process is more than worth it."