A Cowboy’s Faith: Hands require freeze protection
Editor’s note: First published Jan. 11, 2015. “Gloves are about as important winter wear as there is.” Certainly, that was…
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A Cowboy’s Faith: Frozen ponds are dangerous
Editor’s note: First published Jan. 19, 2014. “Don’t walk on the ice.” That’s been a common sign at public lakes…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Snow and ice will become water
Editor’s note: First published Jan. 12, 2014. “Don’t worry; the snow will blow in through the cracks.” Our second cousin…
A Cowboy’s Faith: All seven will be completed
Editor’s note: First published Dec. 29, 2013. “There are seven tasks to get done before the end of the year.”…
A Cowboy’s Faith: White Christmas really insignificant
Editor’s note: First published Dec. 22, 2013. “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” Bing Crosby’s dreams came true as his…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Notification for changed ways
Ed. note: First published Dec. 14, 2014. “It is a fair warning.” When a bump showed up on our forehead…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Roofing aftermath presents curable problem
Ed. note: First published Dec. 7, 2014. “There are nails everywhere.” That statement has been repeated seemingly dozens of times…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Horn made Mommy happy
Editor’s note: First published Nov. 30, 2014. “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” When the fourth graders in band struck up that…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Repair brings newness back
First published Nov. 23, 2014. “There’s a hole in the roof, and it’s leaking.” A terrible announcement, whoever makes it,…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Annual gathering brings submission
Ed. note: First published Nov. 16, 2014. “A cowboy just can’t have too many good horses.” “It was another wild…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Quality important over quantity
Ed. note: This “Cowboy’s Faith” first published Nov. 9, 2014. “A cowboy just can’t have too many good horses.” “But,…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Lifestyle examples lead forward
Originally published Oct. 26, 2014. “Our heroes have always been cowboys.” It’s been repeated many times in conversation, song and…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Lifetime ‘sickness’ can be good
Editor’s note: This “Cowboy’s Faith” was originally published Oct. 20, 2013. “Horses are an addiction.” “No, horses are a sickness”…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Early risers get more done
Editor’s note: This column first published Oct. 6, 2013. “Early to bed, early to rise makes a cowboy healthy, wealthy…
A Cowboy’s Faith: End of an era
The Roy Rogers Museum, in Branson, Missouri, has closed its doors forever. The contents of the museum were sold at…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Preconditioning calves grows benefits
Times have changed since cattlemen for generations marketed their annual calf crop directly off the cows. While some did this…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Storage affects bale waste
“Large round bales of hay are a common sight in fields throughout the Midwest.” It’s more apparent this year because…
A Cowboy’s Faith: Judging travel sometimes burdensome
“Adjudicating is not a scientific profession.” Many fairs are completed and major horse competitions are scheduled, so most people have…