Picaresque: "Hold her Newt, She's a rarin'!"

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Location: Arapahoe, Wyoming, United States

(Note: Blogs read from bottom to top; scroll down for beginnings, scroll up for most current.) After 30 years in public administration and four degrees, as well as numerous workshops with luminaries in Education and Public Policy, life in a slower lane became a goal. Most recently I have done policy writing and consulting for the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes. Mostly, I am just coasting slowly and gently downhill these days-seeking joy where I can find it before the glorious ride ends.

Saturday, May 06, 2006

"Hold her Newt, She's a rarin'!"

The mother cows are too big to safely wrestle so a chute is used to confine them while they are vaccinated, tagged and checked over. This part of Guy and Janet's herd is first year mothers- heifers about two years old. During the drought lack of feed and water forced many ranchers to haul their cattle to Nebraska and when the drought persisted part of the old herds had to be sold. Proceeds bought new cows . It was a traumatic time because ranchers grow attached to their livestock and have worked hard to improve their herds. Nothing to do but sell out or start over. It takes courage to ranch these days.