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https://soapweedsoliloquy.wixsite.com/order-now We sure do appreciate your friendship through the years. Looking through these discussions have brought back many fond memories. Praying you all have a very fine year. Peach

That is a very nice tribute to Tom T. Hall. Thanks for sharing.

LAST OF THE CODY WOLVES by Clint Anderson From the March 1968 WESTERN HORSEMAN Submitted by Steve Moreland, February 13, 2018 It was a cold winter night that was about spent, and snow covered the rolling Sand Hills. The morning passenger train, as it was called in Cody, Nebraska, was boring...

Great poem, leanin' H. You have a daughter to be proud of, and she has a wonderful dad.

We used to run Charolais bulls, and the offspring sold very well. It was hard to get replacement heifers though, from that program.

COULD HAVE BEEN A WHEELY BAD DEAL By Steve Moreland – July 17, 2021 The railroad went through northern Nebraska in 1885. Even though equipment was primitive, and the work was done with man-powered shovels and genuine hide-covered horse-powered fresnos, it seemed to go fast. All the towns...

MOOSE HEAD MEMORY OF THE HAYRIDE HOLDUP By Steve Moreland – June 13, 2021 In the summer of 1970, I had an enjoyable job as a wrangler on the Moose Head Ranch in the heart of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This lovely guest ranch was 120-acres of deeded land, with the distinction of being the only...

Darrell, your story reminds me of a visit I had with a lady in Valentine today. In her conversation, Kay mentioned that she had recently been at a Walmart. A man and a woman were ahead of her in an aisle, and they were arguing quite loudly. My friend wasn't quite sure why she did it, but she...

Dodges are pretty good pickups, as are Fords. Enough said. :-)

2016 Dodge 3500 4x4 with Hydra-Bed bale hauler/caker. This outfit can haul and roll out two 1600 pound bales of hay, plus 1,000 pounds of cake. The basket on the front grille guard is hold net-wrap that is cut and collected. One person can cake a bunch of cattle, then feed the bales of hay...

Water makes a good alarm clock, if you drink enough of it. 😎

Good story, Webfoot. Reminds me of a dad whose two sons had partied hearty into the wee hours the night before. The dad hollered at them extra early the next morning, as he needed help with a job that needed doing. One of the boys let out a howl from upstairs, and the dad shouted back, "What...

During Army National Guard basic training in 1972, at Fort Ord, California, my ears got sunburned very badly wearing the army-issued baseball-type caps. That is the only time in my life I've ever worn a cap that didn't have ear flaps, but it was a requirement at the time. The sunburned ears hurt...

AN OLD COWBOY’S LAMENT By Steve Moreland, July 19, 2019 A few months ago I was sitting at the sale barn with an old friend, who has been a cowboy and rancher all his life. In our conversation he lamented that he needed a new hat, but hesitated in buying one because they were so expensive. I...