Randy Bearden
Why Teenage Girls Need a Horse
“How much and where do I sign?” That’s the response I get from most dads of little girls when I give them my best pitch: Get a girls . . .
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Shel-Clair Farms
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Randy Bearden
- Apr 6, 2018
- 2 min
Why We Added Horse Boarding
With each ending comes a new beginning. A marriage ended, raising babies ended, and our 100-year-old family dairy business ended. Wha . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Aug 23, 2017
- 1 min
When a Horse is your Obsession
I had to have her. She became an obsession with me. She was all I thought about. Her long red hair. Her gentle ways. From the moment . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Mar 1, 2017
- 2 min
The Farmer's Midlife Crisis Solution: Trout and a Boy
Trout need cold water to survive. I knew this, but I also knew how cold this spring-fed creek was that runs through this property. So . . .
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Tina Tidmore
- Jan 15, 2017
- 2 min
House Gets Smaller, then Larger, then Smaller, then Larger
I moved out of my childhood home and into a 2-bedroom, 1-bath, rat and cockroach-infested trailer, but for a boy working his way into . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Dec 6, 2016
- 3 min
The 4-H Club Lessons of How to Win
It seemed as if my entire life had come down to this one moment. I was 16 and had been showing dairy cows in competition since I was . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Sep 22, 2016
- 2 min
How my Farm Became my Mistress
I moved to this farm at age eighteen, and except for two years in south Georgia professing to be a “college man,” I’ve spent most of . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Jul 13, 2016
- 1 min
When a Balloon Chased a Cow
I watched with amusement as a party balloon settled among the cows. It was one of those helium-filled balloons that probably escaped . . .
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Randy Bearden
- May 11, 2016
- 1 min
The Coat Hanger in the Night
I am amazed at how alive a metal coat hanger, hidden among the sheets, can feel against your leg in the predawn hours of the night. I . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Mar 27, 2016
- 2 min
Past Owners Visit the Farm
It happened again this week. Two strangers on the farm, just driving through as if they owned the place. I did the “southern gentlema . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Dec 21, 2015
- 2 min
My Lesson in Giving
I watched as the collection plate made its way in my direction. I was a boy of six and had never missed a day in Sunday School, where . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Nov 25, 2015
- 1 min
Thankful this Week Has Come
And so begins my favorite week. Hay is in the barn, calving season is over, humidity is gone, and the family is coming home. There are . . .
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Randy Bearden
- Oct 4, 2015
- 1 min
Calving Season on the Farm with Friends
He takes a sip of his first cup of coffee, steps outside and says “hello” to Belue, his ranch dog and constant companion. They make t . . .
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