"I may be a fifth-generation rancher, but that doesn’t mean that I’m the generation that gets to quit learning."
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- Glenn Brunkow
“When it comes to meat, farmers and ranchers (at least this one) are cheap, humble and spoiled.”
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, I am embracing new opportunities even if the timing is less than perfect.
- Glenn Brunkow
Well, it’s that time of the year again when the cows come home.
- Jaclyn Wilson
"The more of the world I’ve seen, the more I’ve appreciated where I come from."
- Glenn Brunkow
It is hurry up and wait here when it comes to harvest, and that is agonizing. Just like when you were a little kid and everyone else is at a birthday party, but you are home cleaning your room. It is hard to sit on the sidelines while everyone else is having fun.
- Jaclyn Wilson
"As interesting as the city was, my favorite part came when we left it behind and headed out into the desert."
- Glenn Brunkow
"We, as humans and members of society, must stand up and sound warnings when we are not comfortable with current events."
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Three days of absolute stress, a minimum bill so far of $11,000, and the concern about food safety and standards have never made me appreciate the packers more."
- Dixi Wellman
"Some of my very best childhood memories occurred in Walgren’s Supermarket."
- Katie Kaliff-Jagels
It’s 3 a.m. in the Sandhills, and while it’s not my usual hour to be writing a column, it’s the time I felt like, for once in the last month, I had the most clarity on the chaos that’s been whirling around my mind here lately. It’s nothing bad, just a season of uncertainty at times.
- Glenn Brunkow
"No one has ever accused my shop of being a place where you can eat off the floor. And they won’t say that everything has its place."
- Glenn Brunkow
"No matter if your relationship with God is 90 years or 15 minutes, it is something to celebrate."
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Whether it is running a ranch, owning a business or serving on a board, you have to figure out when to lead from the front, when to let someone else lead and occasionally when to just shut up."
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, we are “trying” to practice patience.
- Jaclyn Wilson
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."
- 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.
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