Sunburned, Dust-Choked, and Sweet Story and Photos by Amanda Oblander The calf, roped by its hind legs, bawls and kicks, tugging against the line. Two wrestlers step in fast and, with a practiced move, they flip the calf
Ranching in the Depression By Diana Hooley Winter is here and the world seems full of problems, or maybe it’s just that I have a touch of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). What I need is a case of
Zero Practice in Running Away By Sarah Day We were about fifty cars behind the accident. Traffic stopped and police rushed past. Smoke clouds billowed ahead but we couldn’t tell what had happened. My husband James and I had
Rest and Recovery Story and Photos by Jen Barger “Land restoration does not happen overnight,” Sammi Fontenot tells me as we walk near the Highland cattle she and her family raise. “Slowly but surely, we’re working in the
Backcountry Ranch Lessons By Levi Armichardy I wake to the abrasive bray of the donkey in the corral outside my open window. All the windows in this small bunkhouse are open, to let in the cool air of
At the Alpaca Farm Story and Photos by Lorie Palmer A few years ago, when my husband and I were out for a drive from Grangeville, we ambled down rural Talmaks Road off U.S. Highway 95 just west
A Party with Heart Story and Photos by Amy Story The October sky was clear blue on No Cow Day as I wound my way up Cartwright Road through the Boise foothills toward Ourada Ranch, southwest of the
Grazing the Sheep By Richard W. Etulain The following excerpt, used with permission from the author’s new book, Boyhood among the Woolies, describes summers when the Etulains left their eastern Washington ranch to graze their sheep in the
Pull on the Right! By Robin Castle It was a particularly pretty winter morning on our ranch north of Shoshone. There was no wind, and the snow sparkled from the sun’s reflection. The air was crisp, and the
A Newcomer Learns Ranch Lingo By Bobbi Phelps Photos Courtesy of Bobbi Phelps In 1980, suburbanite Bobbi Phelps moved to the four-thousand-acre Wolverton family ranch in southern Idaho’s Twin Falls and Cassia Counties. Her book, Sky Ranch: Living
