Daily Living
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Prayer to Saint Anthony
I was reading my social media newsfeed and saw where a friend had lost a sentimental pair of RayBan sunglasses. He wasn’t sure where he lost them but was offering a sizeable reward if anyone found them and returned them to him. I pray he finds his sentimental sunglasses. It reminded me of a prayer my Mom taught us when we lost something… “Tony, Tony, look around <something> is lost and must be found.” This prayer is to be repeated until the lost item is eventually found. I have had two memorable occasions where I used this prayer. The first was after the Armed Forces Day Parade in Lawton. I…
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What is a Ranch?
I’ve always struggled with the definition of a “ranch”. Dictionary.com describes it as: noun –an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions. Chiefly Western U.S.and Canada – a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal. It doesn’t say how MUCH range or how MANY animals but I have always thought of it to be a big operation; thousands of acres with hundreds of cattle. That’s why I struggle to say “I live on a ranch.” If someone asks I always say “My husband and I have a small cattle operation in southwest Oklahoma.” Here is the honest truth. David and I own 160 acres of land. It has a house, a hay barn, an equipment barn and a small barn behind the house with 4 stalls and fenced runs.…
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Haying Season 2018
I’m sitting here tonight, after working a 10 hour day at the casino, looking at old photos of my horses and sharing them to Facebook (you’ll have to check my personal Facebook page for those). I have the window open in my craft room and listening to the sounds of the tractor getting far away and then closer, farther away and closer. The crickets are chirping and I can hear a barn owl in the distance. It is 9:00 at night and my husband (David…aka Copenhagen Cowboy) is on said tractor raking hay. Yes, we both work full time and yes, we farm/ranch in our “spare” time. People ask if…
