Tag: ranching
The best plans never rely on the weather
Eliza Blue attempts to plan a concert around the unpredictable weather on her ranch.
Dude Horse’s View
Bryce Angell crafts a poem from a dude horse's point of view.
Battling the swarms
South Dakota's mosquito season is typically gentler than other places Eliza Blue has lived, but this year has been a different story.
Who let the horses out?
Eliza Blue shares a horse-wrangling story that proves her ranching skills are both improving and still need work.
Rain, sweet rain
Eliza Blue's ranch recently got over six inches of rain in just a handful of days, which is almost half the yearly average in her part of South Dakota.
Remember it could be worse …
Maybe, winter chores aren’t so bad. Maybe they are the antidote to the malaise of modern life. And maybe, just maybe, Eliza Blue will make it through March.
Low conflict entrepreneur
Eliza Blue enjoys the gentler pace of life on her ranch as of late, welcoming the change.
Shouldn’t have been a cowboy
Eliza Blue is better than no help at all around the ranch, but sometimes only barely. Recently, she leveled up to cattle sorting.
The roan
Bryce Angell crafts a poem about one horse's sly plan to deter the other horses in his herd from eating their shared hay.
Soaking in those summer salad days
Eliza Blue's South Dakota ranch has received more rain in the past week than the entirety of last spring and summer. Her family is enjoying the results.
