We all have them, and they come in an assortment of sizes. As many different styles and colors than you can imagine. I can remember our first one. It was green and gold with padded chairs and metal legs that shined liked new money. We were in tall cotton as we put in Harmon county, that means… [Read more…]
November 16, 2011
How far is it? When do we leave? Will it take all day? These are the questions we often get when starting out on one of those road trips. The never-ending ribbon of asphalt that seems to go on and on. Soon the road that was straight becomes nothing but curves and hills. And just as… [Read more…]
November 2, 2011
Here’s a video from our latest cooking school.
October 18, 2011
We have all heard the saying- let’s give them a hand. Now I have lended my hands to those in need, those who needed an extra hand and even been told I have made a good hand. But these old hands have been through the wringer, abused, used, burnt, cut and beat. Shannon tells me, “You… [Read more…]
October 14, 2011
If you have been in the buisness of breaking or starting two year old colts, you have heard someone refer to the round pen. It was usallly a sturdy circular pen that was bullet proof… and bronc proof. Back in my day, you would snub a broncy colt up to a big ole stout horse… [Read more…]
September 17, 2011
Some years back I was cooking for the good folks in Foley, Alabama. Every year they put on a festival called Heritage Harbour Days, and let me tell you they do it up right! There are close to 25,000 folks that come dfiting through there over three days. I set my ole wagon up… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011
Now ya’ll have heard me talk about my oldest brother Randy and I’m here to testify that an older brother will kill a younger brother off at any opportunity. Being the youngest in the family had its up and downs and this one of those downs… and I mean upside down. My dear mother, who is… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011
Now it goes without saying it’s hot! I mean hotter that a mad tomcat in a pepper patch… you know what I mean it’s miserable. So hot that you can bake a batch of biscuits in a Dutch oven without coals. In fact, I saw red ants toting a water can of mine off just… [Read more…]
July 4, 2011
What does this Independence Day mean to me? Well first of all, it’s a day we celebrate freedom. The freedom to do and go where we please, the freedom to choose and the freedom to live in a country our forefathers fought to keep that way. From the shores of Tripoli, to the Battle of… [Read more…]
June 30, 2011
I know I am guilty of both at times, but more often than not I may have forgotten something. I don’t like to take things for granted, because if you do, some of the things we take for granted will dissappear and never come back. And if you take them for granted long enough they… [Read more…]
November 22, 2011
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