I posted this in 2009, shortly after joining OS.  The project it pretty much complete now and upon my death my children will be given copies to pass along to their children. 

 Four years ago I sat down and wrote the first of what, so far has been five letters to… Read full post »

We live in a drafty, old, farmhouse that is cold in the Winter and Hot in the Summer but it is a home of many views from many windows that allows us to look out onto our own personal world and everything that is important.

The back room that was once… Read full post »

If there is one thing that ranch life has taught me over the years it is that the only thing that is constant is Change.

Winter covers the land in its frozen blanket of ice and snow and just when you begin to despair of ever feeling the sun's heat… Read full post »

Today marks the eighth day of almost constant rain storms and scattered tornadoes training through the Mid-West and into the South.  Yesterday, for almost three hours, we here at Almosta Ranch were blessed with clear skies and sunshine between the fast moving storms and we took advantage of the… Read full post »

Winter's icy grip has closed upon the land.  Turning it white. Muffling the heartbeat of the soil under a solid, white blanket. Horses' manes are adorned with a pale mantle of snow.......fence wire catch errant flakes.

Low hanging clouds release their load of tiny flakes who… Read full post »

I have always believed that a man should know his limits and not push his luck.  Well that's not completely true, when I was a teenager I was like all teenage boys and thought I was ten foot tall and bullet proof.  It took time and a few hard life lessons… Read full post »

I have no memories of my father ever giving me a hug, or a kiss.  Likewise, I have no memory of him ever saying: "I love you." He just was not a man who could show his emotions. Oh my brothers and I knew he loved us, he was just unable to… Read full post »

Today, Feb. 10,2010, at five in the afternoon as his mother and I made our way to Memphis to catch the first flight out in the morning, Our Son Richard passed away.

We did not make it in time to say goodbye, but that's alright. We will be there tomorrow to… Read full post »