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    Why Teenage Girls Need a Horse
    Randy Bearden
    • May 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    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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    Why We Added Horse Boarding
    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 . . .
    61 views
    When a Horse is your Obsession
    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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    The Farmer's Midlife Crisis Solution: Trout and a Boy
    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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    House Gets Smaller, then Larger, then Smaller, then Larger
    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 . . .
    21 views
    The 4-H Club Lessons of How to Win
    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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    How my Farm Became my Mistress
    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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    When a Balloon Chased a Cow
    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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    The Coat Hanger in the Night
    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 . . .
    4 views
    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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    Shel-Clair Farms

    5635 Hwy. 57

    Vincent, AL 35178

    Member of Shelby County Farmers Federation and Alabama Horse Council.

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