2011 has been an awesome year. I made it through calving season with plenty of snow and lots of new calves. Spring brought plenty of rain, floods, and resulted in…
Go West, Young Man
“Go West, young man” is a popular saying in the United States about Manifest Destiny popularized by American author Horace Greeley. Greeley favored westward expansion. He saw the fertile farmland…
Photo Friday: Merry Christmas
Well guess Christmas weekend is here and everyone will be a few pounds heavier when we make it to next week. I’ll be at home with the family and traveling…
Spotify and Texas Country Addiction
Someone needs to remove Spotify from my computer for me. Or I’m gonna have to get a bigger data plan. Pandora mixes too many Nashville tunes in the list. This…
Thankful Thursday: Friendly Beef
This is my last week working at the research center in Middle Tennessee. Soon I’ll be headed home for Christmas and then Knoxville to begin classes in January. (Still looking…
Becoming A Hockey Fan
Normally when discussing hockey on the ranch, we’re talking more about what comes from the business end of a cow, but Monday I told ya a bit about Saturday’s Nashville…
Social Media: Awesome and Devastating
Mourning the loss of a man I never met. The news came in a text message from a friend and was soon confirmed through conversations online. Sounds far fetched, but…
Smashville: Another Hockey Game
I made it to Smashville (Bridgestone Arena for those who haven’t been to NashVegas) again this weekend to see the Nashville Predators take on the St Louis Blues. For the…
Thankful Thursday
This week I am Thankful for an awesome work place, co-workers that take time to teach me new skills, good laundry detergent, and those little reminders that make us take…