Continual Conversion

Repent!

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Sale Day

Fall in the Rocky Mountain West is all about selling calves. Some guys'll wean them and background them for awhile. Other's will go straight from the mom to the ring. Sales like today are pretty much calves only.

You got to kinda hope for the best when bring your calves to the ring. But with cattle prices like this, you can hardly go wrong. 

My buddy Randy Crowley brought his bunch in from Campbell County. Part of them had been running on the Belle Fourche next to where we used to run ours. Good to see him.

Here they come! Red, black, brown, white, and everything in between. 

The average weight that I saw was about 500lbs. They might have sold the lights and got to the heavies later. You can fit about 50 calves on this scale. 

Randy had to tie my hands down to keep me from bidding on this bunch of Hereford heifers. 

Fun stuff. I dig the barn. Always running into good folks. Sale day is what ranchers around here work for. Come to town, get a pay check, head home and get back to work. Life is good. Keep feeding America, boys! 

Cost of Discipleship

Again, center of our life.

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Danger

Don't let anything keep you from the feast!

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Resurrection of the Righteous

Aim high!

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Lamb Chops

I can't really think of a meat I don't like, and lamb would definitely not make the list. One of the tastiest meals out there is a good leg of lamb. Recently, I inherited a couple lamb chops. And Sunday, night I put them to good use.

A lamb chop is basically a bone-in ribeye of a cow. If you get far enough back on a lamb's back strap, you'll start to get some tenderloin in them, like a T-bone.

Lamb has a good natural taste, for some palates anyway. A little garlic and S&P help bring that flavor to life. 

Grilling is the only place to cook a lamb chop.

As they simmer, a good cowboy appetizer is appropriate. I've raised some eyebrows recently with my drinking of an I.P.A. On a special occasion, such as a Sunday or with a steak, I'll drink an I.P.A. My preferred beer in this department is a Hot Streak by Black Tooth Brewery, 30 miles up the road in Sheridan WY. 

350 is a good cooking temp. I'm a little hot. 

Works for me, though. 

Grandpa always cooked lamb on a Sunday afternoon. It's a good way to savor the sweetness in life. Fond memories. Whatever your preferred meal for Sundays is, it's a great day to pull out all the stops. Praised be Jesus Christ!

St. Hubert

55 miles south of Buffalo is the mission church of St. Hubert's. Located near Sussex WY, Mass has been celebrated around these parts since 1928. Today, November 3rd, is St. Hubert's feast day. 

Recently, parishioners from this area and Buffalo have remodeled this church, which was originally a schoolhouse. 

Quite beautiful. We celebrate Mass down here the first and third Sundays of the month at 2pm. We often get a pretty good crowd of young and old. 

St. Hubert's is 11 miles east of Kaycee, along the Power River.

This is Chris Ledoux country. My buddy John stands in front of D. Michael Thomas' sculpture called Good Ride Cowboy, located in the Kaycee city park. Here, Chris Ledoux is featured on Stormy Weather, the bareback horse he rode in the last round to win the 1976 world championship in Oaklahoma City. The horse is standing on a guitar that says Beneath these Western Sky's, probably Chris Ledoux's most famous song. 

I always say, If you're going to play the Cowboy Priest part, you better be the priest of Kaycee, Wyoming! Good stuff. God knows what He's doing. This is my kind of country and my kind of people. I love being a priest in Wyoming, particularly in Johnson County. Let 'er buck!

All our Mind

"Faith and reason are like the two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth." St. JPII

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George Foreman

Question: Can you cook a steak on a George Foreman grill?

I answer that: Yes.

This George Foreman is my latest and greatest cooking machine. 

Step one: thaw out a Lungren Brothers grass fattened ribeye steak in a sink of cool water while you are hearing confessions and celebrating Mass on a Saturday night. 

Then, prep it with salt and pepper. 

Next, spray a little cooking oil on the Foreman to help with clean up. 

After she's warmed up good, set your meat on and let the cooking begin. 

2.5 minutes in, open and rotate your steak four clicks on the clock to get a nice cross-hatch look. Presentation is half the taste. 

Bam!

Medium-rare in 4 minutes. 

Somethings you just never know until you try. Cooking on a George Foreman is an art. And the only way to get good at it is to get in the kitchen and box. Fear prevents many of us from tying new things. Could I have overcooked this beautiful ribeye? Sure. But heroes aren't made by standing outside the ring. Now I know and you know. Be not afraid. What might be God calling you to do?

All Saints

I love the Communion of Saints.

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Winter Pasture

With the weather changing, it was time to get the horses settled in winter pasture. Jack's place has about 100 acres of hay meadows that have some good green picking to keep the horses busy until deep snow comes. Today, we ran the fence and got them settled. 

They should enjoy the view of the foothills to the Big Horns. This past week brought in a skiff of snow. 

Once I got ole pard cornered and caught, we saddled up and went for a ride. He's still a bit stoved up, but coming around. A little light exercise wouldn't hurt him. 

On the top edge of these fields is a canal system that carries water from Clear Creek. 

It first passes through Sand Draw, which comes by its name honestly. 

Chief and I found one open gate.

No problem.

When Jack went looking for water he tapped into an artesian well, which means it is free flowing. The overflow dumps into a stock tank near the house. 

Once done, I trailed the horse out my window to this land flowing with milk and honey. 

And turned them loose. 

Happy campers. 

Good stuff. Horses can be more work than they're worth, sometimes. But they get me out and about, if nothing else. I enjoy taking care of critters. It keeps a guy humble when something else depends on you. They'll do just fine for the next month or two. Then I'll have to start pitching them some hay. We'll play it by ear. 

Comfort

Be cautious of comfort.

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