Comedy Relief Thursday… Again

The very nature of the way the O’Brien Ranch operates has me worried that every Thursday may end up earning the title of Comedy Relief Thursday. This morning we unloaded another hay truck. The work is hard. The days are long. But, even in the midst of our efforts, the wise cracks and pranks keep [...]

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Smells Like Thursday

Southbound on 37, the sun rising on one side, the stars still piercing the windshield on the other and I pop the lid off. The steam rolls over my face and the smell fills me up like a warm soup. Coffee tastes better on Thursday. And for some reason the smell hit me square in [...]

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Comedic Relief Thursday

This is the most water Bee County has seen in months – maybe a year. Hauling water is usually not anything to get worked up about. We are used to the wind stopping and some of the wells breaking during this part of the year. In fact, we’ve got a water trailer designed specifically for [...]

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Perfect Fit Thursday

Activity on Thursday morning started a little later this past week since my lovely bride was going to the ranch with me and my brother was celebrating his birthday that afternoon. We loaded up and headed south that morning and stopped through Jourdanton on the way to get some Sutton Super Novas. Those are heel [...]

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Ranch Ethics Thursday

June 30 was my birthday. And as part of my gift, my lovely bride sent my Maui Jim’s sunglasses in for repair. Maui Jim’s evidently has impeccable customer service. They returned a brand new pair of the titanium Kapalua’s. I was just hoping to get my sunglasses back. Maybe with the lenses replaced. But they [...]

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Hot Thursday

It was ten after 6 and I was finally headed to the ranch. I used one of the little two-year-old fillies to pen the roping cattle this morning and then cut the calves out. They were staying here. But the steers, they were headed back south. I was going to swap them out for some [...]

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Reminiscent Thursday

Ben Cumpean got married a couple of months ago. Those of you who know Ben are laughing. For those of you who don’t, he’s a 60+ Mexican man with what seems to be 70+ years of ranch life riding his bones. He’s lived with his new wife for around eighteen years and they were wed [...]

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Thursday Word – Mr. Miyagi

Update: I think the Thursday Word Contest got me in trouble with Google. It has been canceled and the page has been pulled down. Sorry Google. Didn’t mean to violate anything. I will still have a Thursday Word just for kicks. It’s always interesting to see what’s going to come up on Thursday’s. We want [...]

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