by Doug Mayo | Aug 5, 2016
When the cattle market peaked back in 2014-15, a Panhandle Rancher decided it was finally time for a new truck. The 20-year-old truck he had patched and repaired for the past 10 years was so well used that the Rancher’s wife refused to ride in it with him to...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 29, 2016
Two ranchers, Bart and Hank, in their late 80’s, were neighbors who been friends all of their lives. When it was clear that Bart’s health was failing, Hank visited him every day. One day Hank said, “Bart, we both loved rodeo all our lives, and we rode...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 22, 2016
Clifford and Daisy were farmers who were married for many years. Together they raised crops and cattle on some of the poorest land in the Florida Panhandle. Life for them was never easy and it showed. Their marriage was somewhat legendary in the region, because of...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 15, 2016
A farmer and his wife worked with his son and daughter-in law to develop a business plan that would allow the couple to move back to the family farm. The young couple developed an agritourism business with U-pick fruits and vegetables for the summer, a corn maze in...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 8, 2016
Harold was a farmer, who had stayed healthy and happy out on the farm for over 60 years. As the years slipped by, however, his wife worried about him out in the summer heat for long hours each day. She had been right to worry as one summer, while out fixing fence,...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 30, 2016
A farmer took an extended vacation to Jerusalem with his family, including his mother-in-law. While they were there, the mother-in-law died. With the death certificate in his hand, the farmer went to the American Consulate’s Office to make arrangements to send...
