Stories
The Valentine’s Dinner
Jill and I invited three other couples out to the ranch to test Jill’s Valentine’s Day Dinner. It wasn’t intended to be the kind of Valentine’s Day party with paper mache hearts and cupids hanging from the ceiling.
Bison for the Florida Plains?
Seventy miles off the west coast of south Florida is a tiny cluster of islands called the Dry Tortugas - dry because there is no fresh water on the islands and Tortugas because it was once a good place for mariners to gather sea turtles (tortugas) for food.
I Am Well Known for my Poor Memory
Times and places are fuzzy to me. I have to think hard to remember when I graduated from high school and can only remember two words from Spanish class. I can’t remember street addresses where I lived for decades or the names and faces of old girlfriends. I recall very few details of Christmases past.
Thanksgiving Redux
Sitting on the couch of our television room, watching CNN’s election coverage, I was oddly reminded of the first Thanksgiving. There was no pumpkin pie, squash, roast venison, or Indian corn. But there were a couple of Indians.
“Grass-Fed Bison Meat for Conscious Carnivores”
Our ethical and sustainable practices of humanely field harvesting our buffalo was briefly highlighted in the Food + Drink category found on the inspirational creative community of COOL HUNTING®. Give a read to Grass-Fed Bison Meat for Conscious Carnivores by Laura Neilson.
CNN Money: Buffalo Meat Makes a Million
A short piece in CNN Money highlights a milestone accomplishment when our small-scale operation reached our anticipated goal of $1-million in revenue.
The Red River Flows North
Early Sunday morning I talked on the telephone to a friend whose family owns a house along the Red River. The house is on the Minnesota side but now the river is all around them.
The Old Road of Discovery
I picked up a semi-truck in Louisville, Kentucky on a Tuesday night and had it back in the center of South Dakota before sunset the next day.
Last Week I Sat In on a Discussion
Last week, I sat-in on a discussion about carbon sequestration. You’ve heard about carbon sequestration. It’s a hot topic now that the world has finally agreed that humans are contributing, big time, to climate change.
