Krayton Kerns

Editor’s Note: This past week, I received an email from “Ramblings of a Conservative Cow Doctor” author, Krayton Kerns, DVM, notifying me that he would no longer be able to contribute his column to the paper. While he was apologetic that he wasn’t able to put the right words together for a final “Out to Pasture” column, I wanted to […]

Just as we were finishing the 18-month long house renovation, 18 of my 19 grandkids gathered at our ranch for the holidays. Home construction projects are never officially finished, and most homeowners/builders finally throw their hands up and view missing trim and faceplates as normal. Between Christmas and New Year’s, my son, Tyler, and son-in-law, Tim, installed the antique wood […] A subscription is required to access this content. Please login or Subscribe today!

Years back, we had a neighbor who was a horse trader. As the winter dragged on, he became short on hay while being long on hungry horses. Uncharacteristically, my father had extra hay, so he sold several tons to the trader to get him through to green grass. “Sold” is a loosely defined term in horse trading, but since no […]