Tag: rural

  • Beautiful. Country. Life.

    Beautiful. Country. Life.

    Pasture behind my house in SEK I love living in the country.  Until I left for college, I had never lived in town and although living in town has its advantages (24 hour McDonald’s anyone?) I pined for my serene countryside everyday until this past June when I moved back to the countryside after living in town in MHK for…

  • These Boots…..

    These Boots…..

    I love Eric Church.  I love his voice, I love his music and I’d love it if he were my arm candy (not all the time, just temporarily).  Last night I went to a FREE and amazing Eric Church concert in the Power & Light district in Kansas City. One of Eric’s hits is a song called “These Boots.”…

  • Care, Not Cash

    Care, Not Cash

    I’ve raised horses and livestock my entire life.  From horses to goats, sheep to swine – I’ve fed, watered, doctored, been frustrated by and been trampled on by all of them.  Why do I, and thousand of other young livestock men and women, put so much time, sweat, blood, tears and care towards our animals and their lives?…

  • Diamond in the Rough – 3/50 Project

    On a recent trip to Fort Collins, CO for a research trial, I stopped in to La Luz, a local restaurant specializing in fresh Mexican food with a kick. While standing in line and trying to decide between fish or carnitas tacos (carnitas on corn tortillas won; they were fantabulous), I came across a flier…