Under the Wire

Today’s title is half of a thought that has been lodged in my mind all morning. The complete thought is “What do you do where there is nothing to do?

That is where I find myself at the moment. No irrigation water to tend to. Cows all turned out on the hay meadows at home. I can watch them from my rocker in the sunroom, sprayed all the weeds around the corrals and buildings yesterday. Been to town to get the mail earlier. Mowed the yard a couple of days ago. It’s so hot and dry it isn’t even trying to regrow.

Ironically, I have worked so hard the past 35 years to make this ranch easy to run tha...