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• The best buckle of all

He was one of the best teachers I ever had, and yet we never met inside a classroom and he never gave me homework. He wasn’t what anyone would call a “professor” or a “doctor,” and he probably couldn’t get hired at the same university today because he lacked a doctorate. But make no mistake, he was one of the most qualified people I’ve ever met. I...

• Diversified ag operations

I’ve always been impressed by diversified ag operations, where one brother is the farmer in the family, another is the rancher and the third sibling, usually the youngest, is in charge of the shop. (If there is a fourth sibling that person either runs the trucks or is a lawyer in town.) More and more I’m finding families where one of the siblings...

• Signs of prosperity in cow country

Signs of prosperity are starting to show up in cow country, such as...

• Don’t have friends named Mike

I like to fix stuff that’s broken. In that regard, I should have been a mechanic or a marriage counselor. My antique dealer friends, who bring their broken things to me to fix, say that if you want to get me to pay more for something, just break it.

• Kids these days

Remember the bumper sticker that read, “He who dies with the most toys wins?” It should be, “She who dies with the best kids wins.” And judging by the kids I meet these days, I’d say there are a lot of winners out there. Supposedly it now costs $160,140 to raise a kid to college age. I’d say we’re getting a real bargain.