Thanks again to Slim Randles for sharing some of the fun down at the Mule Barn Truck Stop with us today….. “It’s June, by golly!” said Doc. “Isn’t it great? I mean, all the summer to look forward to. Fishing, swimming, camping, heat stroke, dehydration, skateboard accidents and the occasional case of appendicitis.” “That’s what […]
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My guest today is Slim Randles. Sometimes his Home Country offerings are humorous stories about the gang down at the Mule Barn Truck Stop, but other times he gets a bit poetic. This is one of his more thoughtful pieces. Enjoy….. This is sunset one fall evening at Grandma’s Ranch. There’s something to be said
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My friend Slim Randles is here again with an update on the wooing of Miss Emily Stickles by Dewey Decker with the help of Marvin and his Fly Tying Love Center. Enjoy…. The newly-formed love firm of Dewey Decker and Emily Stickles (she of the incredible cheekbones and watchful county eye) began yet another sensation
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Recently, I’ve spent some time updating some of the older blog posts and converting them to blocks in the new WordPress program. Or is is called interface? I have trouble with tech terms that I don’t use often, so I don’t remember which one applies. My kids all laugh when I try to explain a
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Please welcome my semi-regular Wednesday guest, Slim Randles as he shares more fun from the gang at the Mule Barn Truck Stop, who are featured in his popular weekly column, Home Country. It was the sun’s fault; that’s all we could figure out later. Well, that and the demise of Doc’s phantom squirrel. For a
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This week’s Wednesday Guest is Slim Randles, cowboy sage and humorist. I am pleased to share his work here. His weekly column, Home Country, is read by over 2 million people. The garden catalogs start coming when the snow is too deep to even find dirt. But we don’t care. This is a catalog time
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My friend, Slim Randles, has had lots of adventures in his lifetime. This is just one of them. Enjoy. While Slim is filling in here, I am over at The Blood Red Pencil with some fun from the Sunday Comics. As you read this there are dozens of men and women and hundreds of dogs
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I always enjoy the cowboy philosophy and humor that Slim Randles shares with us. I hope you do, too. For more of his wit and wisdom, check out his new book A Cowboy’s Guide to Growing up Right Life is kinda like a corrugated, washboard ranch road, I believe. Give anything enough time and experience
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I thought I would try something different this week. Thanks to a tip from Kristen Lamb, an awesome lady who gives advice to writers on her blog, I found out about a different approach to blog sharing. I have had writer friends, Slim Randles, Tracy Farr and Carl Brookins who have either sent me a
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I can always count on my friend, Slim Randles, to share something fun with us. Got to love these guys down at the Mule Barn coffee shop. Meanwhile, I’m over at the Blood Red Pencil with a little fun of my own. Enjoy…. If you didn’t know what time of the year it was, or
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