Top Ten Reason Ranch Trucks are Never Stolen

Top Ten Reason Ranch Trucks are Never Stolen

10. They only have a range of 20 miles before they break down or run out of gas. 9.   Only the owner knows how to operate the door. 8.   It is difficult to drive fast with all the fence tools, grease rags, ropes, chains, syringes, buckets, boots, hay, and loose papers...
Top Ten Reason Ranch Trucks are Never Stolen

The Monkey Story

This is a story I used to share in several of my presentations.   It makes a point that most cattlemen need to hear. First, you start with a cage containing five monkeys.   Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it.   Before long, a...
Top Ten Reason Ranch Trucks are Never Stolen

Top Ten Reasons to Keep that Cow One More Year

10. To cull her, you’d have to catch her first.  9. She was your dad’s first 4-H project.  8. If there were an EPD for wrecking mineral feeders, she’d be a trait leader.  7. She’s been in the spring herd and the fall herd several times each — you just can’t buy that...
Top Ten Reason Ranch Trucks are Never Stolen

The Bear Track

Five-year-old Braylee Pharo talked Grammy Deanna into going for a walk in the woods near our mountain cabin.   When they returned, they showed me a picture of a track in the snow.   In excitement, I exclaimed, “That looks like a bear...
Top Ten Reason Ranch Trucks are Never Stolen

Seven Simple Rules to Live By

Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up your present. What others think of you is none of your business. Time heals almost everything; give it time. Don’t judge or compare yourself to others; you have no idea what their journey is all about. Stop thinking too...