If at first you do not succeed, you should try again and again and again.
- Glenn Brunkow
I seem to live my life under the motto of “I would rather be lucky than good,” and this past week was a shining example of that.
- Glenn Brunkow
"Mom and Dad became a cornerstone of our church, and I lived with two of the best examples of faith that I could. I was a believer because I did not know what it was like to not be one."
- Glenn Brunkow
We are fully into the heaviest part of lambing season, and I need to give a shout out to my ewes.
- Glenn Brunkow
"I thought we were all on the same page last summer when we synchronized them and turned the rams. Maybe I did not do a good enough job of explaining the plan to the ewes."
- Glenn Brunkow
"I know I will never have another Roo dog. ... I have come to the realization that I was the lucky one to have a dog like that."
- Glenn Brunkow
"The level of ingenuity is staggering at times, or maybe I am reading too much into it."
- Glenn Brunkow
I have spent the last month planning out next year. I am sure I am in the majority when it comes to that activity, in fact, I would guess that many of you have done the same activity. It is something I do each year, and I try to make it dovetail in with my long-range plan for our ranch.
- Glenn Brunkow
This is my first column of the new year, well, unless I miscalculated it and it is the second column of the year. In any case it was the first time I typed 2026 as a current date. Typing the first possible date correctly does not mean I will date anything else correctly for the next two or t…
- Glenn Brunkow
Because of holiday schedules and early deadlines, I am writing this column before Christmas. Matter of fact, I am sitting in my easy chair with a cup of hot coffee in the glow of the Christmas tree. I write all of this to preface why you are getting a Christmas column the week after Christma…
- Glenn Brunkow
"I went to bed that night feeling like I had accomplished something, and for a day or two it seemed that way."
- Glenn Brunkow
Last week I sold my spring calves, or at least most of them. I retained some replacement heifers and then I had the odds and ends. I had a few bad eyes, one replacement level heifer that got into the water tank and hurt herself and the Hereford appearing steer. He was a special case. We will…
- Glenn Brunkow
"What do I do with my extra time? Whatever I want to and not nearly enough."
- Glenn Brunkow
"I operate on a strict policy of one holiday at a time, and since the turkey carcass is officially picked over, it is now Christmas."
- Glenn Brunkow
"Those of us who farm and ranch are a big reason we have this holiday, and we should wear that as a badge of honor."
- Glenn Brunkow
This is a story about a forbidden love, maybe like Romeo and Juliet. Two star-crossed lovers who must steal away in the dead of the night only to be separated the next morning against their will.
- Glenn Brunkow
This are going well for Glenn Brunkow at weaning time this year. How long will it last, he wonders.
- Glenn Brunkow
"This was going to be a great fence, and it should really show those cows who’s boss."
- Glenn Brunkow
It's that time of the year again when restless cow syndrome is a very real problem. Symptoms include lots of vocalization by both the cows and the cowman, anxious fence walking and frequent displacement of cattle.
- Glenn Brunkow
Well, we did it. Yes, Jennifer and I went out and bought a new pickup.
- Glenn Brunkow
Not only is it October but we are into the middle of the month. It is no doubt fall now, and instead of letting us enjoy the season, I am already seeing Christmas ads. We are constantly reminded of the dwindling days until the day is here.
- Glenn Brunkow
Ida is Jennifer’s dog. She is a pet, and that is about it – but she excels at being a companion dog. She came from working parents, so the blame for her not being a cow dog lies with us. We got her when the kids were in middle school and very active and when Jennifer was working at the schoo…
- Glenn Brunkow
"It is OK, not to be OK right now. That also means it is not OK to keep all that stress and even grief bottled up."
- Glenn Brunkow
This is my birthday week. That is about as big of a deal as I will make of it. It is not a special birthday or one that makes any difference. It is another marker of a trip around the sun, and each one of those should be celebrated and not taken for granted. I like to use it as a day of refl…
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