Close call a reminder to slow down for safety

Jaclyn Wilson
Sep 23, 2020
Sep 23, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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Can someone please tell me where this month has gone? I keep writing August on everything that I need to put a date on. Evidently, my mind has decided that September is going to be completely irrelevant. It will be Christmas before we know it, and I’ll probably still be celebrating Halloween.

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Jaclyn Wilson is more than a rancher, raising Red Angus cattle at Wilson Ranch near Lakeside, Nebraska. She’s an artist with a welder’s torch. She holds leadership positions with several agriculture organizations. She can be reached at jaclyn@flyingdiamondgenetics.com.