Dear Reader, Believe it or not the rancher does take a vacation every once in a while that does not involve going to a livestock show, some sort of cowboy gathering, a ranching convention, or to go look at a perspective buy. Just a regular vacation to a regular destination where they pretend to be … Continue reading The Rancher Takes a Vacation
Dear Reader, So it’s happened; you have your first opportunity to work cows, but you have a feeling that you are going to be the only girl on the cow crew. I am used to being the only girl when working cows away from home. Since the time I was eight years old, I have … Continue reading 5 Ways to Survive Being the Only Girl on the Crew (and get asked back).
Dear Reader, Let me tell you a secret: I was raised on a ranch, and I live on a ranch, but sometimes I don’t feel very ranchy. Sometimes I feel like I am just pretending to be a rancher, because most days I am putting on my Keds to go to my town job, while … Continue reading 5 Practical Tips to feel like a Rancher When You have a Job in Town.
Dear Reader, Why do women (myself included) feel this urge to redefine ourselves or to embrace certain parts of ourselves at the turn of every season? In the spring everyone becomes engrossed in fashion, in the winter everyone becomes a book worm, in the fall everyone becomes Laura Ingalls and starts making homemade everything, but … Continue reading 4 Ways to Embrace Ranch Girl Summer
Dear Reader, Do you know what you are doing? Do you have your life figured out? Are you an expert in your field? Or are you like me and wonder how long it will take for people to catch on that you aren’t 100% sure about everything you do? Sometimes we can only do what … Continue reading Just Ranching Along
Dear Reader, It’s the end of May, and the summer heat is cranking up, but we haven’t seen anything yet. It has been really dry in the last few weeks which makes the heat not so bad. When the rain comes, which we are all praying for, so will the humidity. It is amusing to … Continue reading When Ranching Gets Heated
Dear Reader, I saw a meme that said there are two types of siblings. Ones who say they are siblings forever, and others who will deny you in public (in a joking sense). I would hazard to say that both can be true at the same time. Being the oldest of five children, I have … Continue reading Ranching Relations
Dear Reader, I am turning 24 this month and I do not know how I feel about it. Actually, I know how I feel about it, not good. For all of my life I have always been excited to be one year older because that meant I could do more things and was automatically cooler … Continue reading Sudden Realizations
Dear Reader, We have faded from spring to summer in Central Florida, but today still had a few traces of nice spring weather. I am sure when summer is actually here, I will long for the cooler days of late April, but it still feels pretty hot. Today is nice ,though, I wonder if it … Continue reading Rainy Season Blues
Dear Reader, The risk of a new day (and sometimes the beauty of it) is that it has the potential to be the best day of your life or the worst. Sometimes bad days start off good and end up bad, and some days start off bad and end up good. And then there are … Continue reading Causing Confidence
From the Rancher's Daughter's Desk 