A small town, Oklahoma boy sees what’s possible. I married a dreamer…A visionaryAn adventurer.•Roger saw the possibilities of the Emerald Lake project.•This lake will provide water for our cattle, a habitat for ducks and geese and recreation for those who visit Callison Ranch.•Matt, our dozer operator, surveyed where the water level will eventually be located….
The Legacy of a Wonderful Grandmother This is my daughter, Kye, showing at a county fair 4-H show. But I want to call your attention to the elderly woman sitting just behind the rail of the arena. She’s perched in a old style aluminum folding chair with a plastic woven seat that she brought with…
How can I age gracefully? May 9th is my 53rd birthday. I don’t mind sharing my age because aging is a gift not everyone gets to enjoy. My mom has always been an excellent example to me on this subject. She has told me through each decade, “Enjoy every age.” She is now in her…
Old Barns are Beautiful. Three mornings a week I take my horse Beau south of our main ranch to check the 400 steers we have grazing the tall, natural grasses on the Prairie Preserve.The first time I went it was dark and rainy when I arrived.I saddled my horse and headed out across the prairie….
My little cow horse “Beau” loves helping me check the steers resting in the pasture….Beau has ears like a fox and can move like a cat…which is how I ended up with him. A horse broker was selling him for someone who said “he was too much horse for the rider.” This sometimes happens that…
Oklahoma native and humorist, Will Rogers on horseback outside the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers…..This statue of the great humorist and philosopher, Will Rogers, stands just outside the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City….
Healthy and delicious Salad in a Jar for springtime meals. Salads in a Jar are both beautiful and delicious. Spring is the perfect time to make these yummy creations. I begin craving these salads just as the days get warmer and the pastures show the first hint of green grass on the ranch. Ready to…
Decisions can be difficult; have faith. Sometimes you just have to make a “judgement call,” making the best decision you can at the time with the information and experience you possess.You have to make a decision. On the ranch, as in life, you can’t become paralyzed by doubt and indecision. A calf is struggling: Do…
Ranching in Oklahoma I sat in a feed truck on the side of a highway with my Dad. The vehicle’s emergency flashers pulsed in the fading daylight. We were watching the thick trees along the fence line for cows and calves that might dart toward the road. My dad raises bucking bulls and his cows…
How to Host a Long Table Dinner The M5 Entrepreneurs and Rural Revival recently co-hosted a gathering of 75 women from across the United States and Canada in the town of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. All of the women currently own or are working to open small businesses, many agriculturally related. The picture above is me sandwiched…
Restaurant Style Crispy Baked Potatoes at Home We love a great Meat and Potatoes meal. There are countless options but a great Callison Ranch steak and a restaurant style baked potato is hard to beat! If you love the restaurant-style, crispy skin potatoes, here’s how you can make them at home: Scrub the potatoes, then…
A lovely young woman with beautiful red hair and an amazing coat recently came to see the cows. She is a reporter for a local television station; here to tell our story. But I think her story is one worth telling… She is a young woman is from Dallas and is working her first job…