Tis' The Season
The Christmas season has arrived, and as always, we search for a fresh-cut pine or spruce tree from one of the many areas on the ranch...
Getting Close to Christmas
Winter is the time when there is little more to do than chores, and occasionally stare at the southern sky, wishing for more light and sunsh
I’d like to Write a Book
How does one make that leap from starry-eyed wannabe’, to serious butt-in-the-chair-author with a published dream on book store shelves? Thi
Talking Your Book
There’s an expression in the investing world called, “talking your book.” It’s used for fund managers who try to convince clients that...
Home Again
Returning back home from a writing holiday in Mexico was its own adventure, and now we are self-isolating on the ranch due to the Coronaviru
Ranchers are Survivors
Though our costs and income levels may be different, there are striking similarities between Antonio’s situation and ours. Whether in Texas,
The Rancher's Backstop?
On the other side of a dirt track in the hill country of Guanajuato, Antonio, a local rancher is helping to build a stone wall. He also mana
A Real Cowboy
In business, politics, or most any of our other struggles to succeed, there’s a common saying that, “it’s not what you know, but who you...
Hank–the Hancock Horse.
Ranches need horses—probably always will, in spite of the four wheel drive pickup and the more-than-handy quads. There are just some jobs...