THE SPREAD’S OLD MAN I once worked on a big outfit called the Pleasant Valley Ranch. Every week a cowboy or two rolled up that long, dusty driveway in their beat up pickup to ask to see the old man about a job. Now, the old man was the owner of the spread and the […]
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Head Count by Stephen Bly & Podcast
Taking A Head Count Thought about the phrase head count recently. I hadn’t seen Leroy since he took the job of foreman of the Slash H Ranch on the other side of the Salmon River. At Christmas I found him picking out presents at the feed store for his wife. Now, before you laugh, I […]
Haywire Hullabaloo by Stephen Bly and Podcast
When Everything Goes Haywire I was watching news on television as scientists explained what went haywire with the big old Hubble telescope. Seems like an ironic expression. A billion dollar telescope goes haywire? I wondered if those NASA officials had ever been around real haywire before. Some words are too good to keep on the […]
Best Day of My Life by Stephen Bly & Podcast
How I Came To Christ A best day in my life happened this way. At age 23, I was married to Janet Chester, had two children, and farming, doing what I wanted to do. Happy with my wife, I loved my sons and family. Ranching and farming tends to be very cyclical and seasonal. You […]
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