This week’s column marks my return to the pages of the Fence Post. I began writing in 2001 and these last three months have marked a needed pause to recharge.
by John Scorsine Peyton, Colo.

In a Sow’s Ear
These precious days

“Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few…”
by Gwen Petersen Big Timber, Mont.

Tales from the O-NO Ranch
Cotton pickin’ cute

As a casual observer of the human condition, I also observe animals a lot more now than I ever did in the past. Don’t know why that is but maybe it’s because I’m gettin’ older, have more time on my hands or I recently have developed a curious interest in the way animals behave.
by Mad Jack Hanks Wellington, Colo.

Law of the West
Sabbatical ends

This week’s column marks my return to the pages of the Fence Post. I began writing in 2001 and these last three months have marked a needed pause to recharge.
by John Scorsine Peyton, Colo.

Kauai Coffee Company
When it appears that winter doesn’t want to release its grip on snowy weather in our area, we hibernate, and think of warmer climates we have visited like Hawaii.
by Ella Marie Hayes Saratoga, Wyo.

CSU -- Fast and Furriest 5K April 19
Colorado State University veterinary students are putting on a race to save animal’s lives. The annual Fast and Furriest 5K is slated for April 19 at the James L. Voss Veterinary Medical Center at 300 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins, Colo.
by CSU Extension

Green Grass and Branding Irons
It’s late April now
by Michelle Kippes

In a Sow’s Ear
Living to be 150

Good news. Barbara Walters is going to tell you how to live to be 150. Yes she is. It says so in a fascinating squib I just read. Barbara is going to interview a bunch of “experts” in various fields. (I’m not talking hay-meadow fields).
by Gwen Petersen Big Timber, Mont.

The School Marm
The ladies that taught in the one-room schools were to be admired. They taught in remote areas under hard circumstances. Esther Anderson was one of those teachers; she was born October 16, 1899 in Harmony, Minnesota.
by Patty Vaughn Miller Clifton, Colo.

Tales from the O-NO Ranch
Put a log on the fire

Gentle readers, I am going to take you back a few years and try to give my cowboy rendition of an old country and western song. Here goes:
by Mad Jack Hanks Wellington, Colo.