Life on Almosta Ranch
David McClain
- Location
- Doniphan, Missouri, USA
- Birthday
- February 08
- Bio
- I am a simple man who has lived a simple life for sixty years. I have not dined with movie stars nor Kings and Queens. I have not walked the halls of power, nor have I been a mover and a shaker.
I have, however, been a soldier, a tinker, a jack of all trades. I have raised five children....I have been loved and I have loved.
I do not see grand designs nor do I chase afer them. Instead, I listen to the heartbeat of the land and I rejoice in a bird's song in the morning.
Do not come here seeking answers for I have none. I do have questions which I will ask you constantly though.
I do not believe in aruging so Politics will not be discussed in my blog. I do not care what your personal beliefs are for you are free to believe as you will...please allow me to do likewise.
I have never been rich, but I have always been poor. Being poor however has never stopped me from feeling rich.
I feel rich because I have the love of a good woman. Melinda completes me. She gives me the peace of mind and soul required to write about life without regrets and without envy of those who might have more. She is my world. Almosta Ranch is our heaven and we are happiy. This is what I want to share with you in this blog.
MY RECENT POSTS
- My Ship has Sailed
May 16, 2013 10:57AM - Where's the damn Pig!
May 11, 2013 12:45PM - She's My Girl
May 09, 2013 03:44PM - My Blog....
May 05, 2013 02:31PM - The Incubator was a mistake
May 03, 2013 01:15PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I like paragraphs.
Paragraphs denote taking a
breath and god
knows, some
would be…”
May 17, 2013 12:06AM - “The effects of air on a
diet....I had never considered
that.
From now on I'm
gonn…”
May 16, 2013 06:17PM - “SheilaTGTG55.....Aw
where's the fun in that? I'm
kind of
a
live-on-
just
phyllis..…”
May 16, 2013 02:53PM - “Sometimes these secrets
of our parents are best just
left to
themselves. It may
n…”
May 16, 2013 01:10PM - “I have missed that
writing process...the
obcessing over a
final scene,
wanting to…”
May 16, 2013 12:04PM
David McClain's Links
I have never retreated from age, or given in to the failings of an aging body. I have always insisted that I could still do what I did when I was twenty or even thirty. My theory has always been that if you once admit your age, then from that time… Read full post »
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 »
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