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Sometimes the difference between being broke and being really broke is the bridle on your horse. My bridles are as important to me as the horses I ride. My obsession for bridles started at a young age and only grew as I made my way across this country making a living in the horse business. The I was riding horses I owned, and those horses were riding or playing well in the bridlers I owned and chose for them, it was a good day.  There is no cure for the bridle obsession. I might've slowed down on the hunt for bridles, but my seeking of knowledge for this bridles will never slow. about the time I think I am done, I learn of new makers and new bridles and I become acquainted with old ones.

In our lifetime, we are fortunate to ride at least one great horse. If we are lucky, we own that horse. But, in that lifetime we ride plenty of not so  great horses and sometimes, a horse that could've been great.  This episode follows the journey of Telena, a thoroughbred mare who started her career in Texas and played polo across the country and eventually found her way back to Texas. She made a life and career as a polo pony regardless of her imperfections.

Moving to town is a big adjustment for ranchers and cowboys. at some point in a ranchers life, he faces the possibility of moving town. ranches sell, leases expire, the cattle market can crash without warning or a rancher just grows tired.  This episode is my reflection on moving to town and the places big and small that I have lived.

In this podcast, I talk about the deaths of Mom and Dad. it is a tough subject for most to talk about. If it is a tough subject to listen to, I hope y'all can find the strength to listen.  I have been wanting to talk about this after opening up about it while sitting down and talking about it on Jarrod Morris's podcast during the NFR this past December in Las Vegas

Goodbye To A Ranch Goodbye To A Saddle House Goodbye To A Cow Herd Goodbye To Scattered Ashes Goodbye To Buried Dogs Goodbye To The Bones Of Dead Horses Hello To New Adventures

In this episode I reflect back on my first visit to the Big Apple and how it changes in my second visit to the city. there's a 22 year gap in between visits and a lifetime of experience. I talk about food(hot dogs), fashion, fear of hieghts and so much more.

In this episode I talk about how our horses keep us humble and how we never stop learning as horsemen and horsewomen. I go into detail about my struggles with Ms Jonez and the things I have done to help her.

Season 2, Episode 3 In this episode I discuss an Instagram post about how I use percentages to get through a day.

Time to finish up this episode. Chores are done and a couple of horses worked. I pick up sometime in late April with some of my Instagram posts, sharing some insight into life lately.

In this episode,(part 1) I am playing catch up on some of my Instagram posts and sharing about some of the happenings in my life up to know. I break this episode up into two parts because I decided to start recording it while in the middle of doing chores and saddling horses. always the multitasker!

In this episode, I talk my my experiences dealing with "renewable energy" projects and how they have moved in and impacted my life on a ranch that I have been on for 14 years. Photo credit: Scott Slusher

This is a special episode for the podcast. I sit down with up and coming writer/director/actor and filmmaker, Matthew Dylan We have an hours long conversation about the making of his new short film titled: The Weary Kind. A story told of the struggles of what's left behind from a legacy of drinking.  Without giving too much away, we share the story of Matthew and crew coming to the ranch, scouting locations, rewriting scenes and shooting well into the night to complete shooting, start to finish in less than three days. The amazing weekday is capped off with me cooking chicken fried steak at midnight to celebrate and feed an awesome crew! This episode is long, so pace yourself and enjoy!

I can't believe it has been a year since starting the podcast! Thank y'all to the listeners of the podcast and for all the kindness and support! This is gonna be a heavy subject that I believe many can relate: drinking, substance abuse, sobriety, getting sober, staying sober, social drinking, etc. I approach the subject if generational drinking, a lineage of alcohol and the cycle or chain of abuse and misuse of drink.  *This episode is long, so pace yourself! I miss you Dad! photo credits go to writer/director Matthew Dylan.

In this episode, I reflect back on memories of being a wild kid running wild at the Rose Palace, while mom showed horses. I also share my thoughts and my experience of selling a horse at a horse sale.  I am thankful for the hard work that went into a horse sale and also very grateful to to new owners of Marsala.

In this episode, I reflect back to a time of being scared of the dark, scared of heights, scared of disappointing my family and all kinds of other fears. I also talk about my first time showing in Fort Worth during the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity on my little bay mare, Ms Jonez.  I sat down in the Hotel Drover lobby, down in the historic Stockyards early in the morning, the day after the horse show and started talking. Before I knew it, I had talked a good long while. we survived our first big show and I am looking forward to more.  I have a lot to be thankful and grateful for!