Glenda Price

Hard not to get set in your ways

By Glenda Price: CNJ columnist

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When my husband and I first became 4-H leaders we had what we thought were great new ideas about ways to run the county contests. An older couple (who had been in charge of county events since probably the stone age) countered each suggestion for a new... Full story

Western code: Never admit to pain

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After years of personal observation I am ready to reveal the real, true code of the West. Here it is: “Don’t ever admit you’re hurt.” We all know the guy who gets bucked off on his cómo se llama, manages to stand up (they... Full story

Placing blame more than a man thing

By Glenda Price: CNJ columnist

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I was at an agriculture women’s meeting recently where one of the speakers (a lady) talked about ways women can be more successful in advancing their agendas. She pointed out that boys grow up participating in and watching team sports more often... Full story

Rain rarity for some country folk

By Glenda Price: Columnist

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It rained the day I wrote this column. I saw it, stood in it, tasted it. It was good. Ranch folks, especially those of us who grew up in the drought years of the 1950s, have permanent cricks in our necks from looking up at the sky watching for rainclouds. We’ve... Full story

I'm putting my business out there

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Years ago I shared my cousin Bob’s clever business card with my readers. It was great. He somehow found room on that small space to extoll his prowess in the following endeavors: Goats roped, bars emptied, demolition done, chile cooked, meat smoked,... Full story

Common sense fails to prevail

By Glenda Price: CNJ columnist

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Rules. Society needs them to keep itself from descending into chaos. However, even though the rule-makers proceed with the best intentions there are times when unintended consequences are frustrating, to say the least. Worse, sometimes the rules “enforcers”... Full story

Derby win inspiration to us all

By Glenda Price: CNJ columnist

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A New Mexico owned and trained horse won the Kentucky Derby last Saturday. In the midst of torrents of depressing news cascading onto us daily — even hourly — a little-known horse and his connections proved once again that in the United States... Full story

Friends arrive when unexpected

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I was at a meeting recently where the subject was friendship. Much talk ensued about real vs. fake friends, acquaintances vs. friends, and other such roundabout conversation that never really got to the point. Later, I remembered a story my father told... Full story

Country kids make most of toys

By Glenda Price: CNJ columnist

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Country kids’ games and toys in the old days were creative —   not because the kids were all that smart but because they didn’t have many store-bought ones. Mumbly peg was a favorite. You open your pocket knife’s long... Full story

Not all can adopt to motherhood

By Glenda Price: FNM columnist

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We found a newborn calf, still wet, shivering in the freezing springtime wind. For the longest time we couldn’t find the mother, and the wind was getting colder by the minute. Finally, we topped a hill a mile away from the baby and saw what had... Full story

Some illnesses can be ignored

By Glenda Price: CNJ columnist

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I recently learned that many others suspect, like I do, that pharmaceutical companies have people who spend their time studying the human body in search of aberrations. When they find those anomalies, we suspect, they invent medical-sounding names for... Full story

Being 'dazzled' has consequences

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Some city people talk about country folks as if they “fell off a turnip truck.” I hate to admit it, but I’m thinking maybe they have a point — in certain situations. When I was 12, my 15-year old city-raised cousin, Leela, spent... Full story

Bowling cowboy way more fun

By Glenda Price

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This may come as a surprise to many, but cowboys participate in other sports — now and then. However, they bring their own special protocol to those “other” sports. We were in a cowboy bowling league for awhile. They all agreed to substitute... Full story

Youth sports provide good chuckle

By Glenda Price

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My grandchildren have introduced me to organized team sports for kids, and it’s great fun — for everyone.  Parents who succumb to poor sportsmanship during their children’s games make the news now and then, but I can tell you most... Full story

Ranchers', cowboys' wives life not as idyllic as most believe

By Glenda Price

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Life as a rancher or cowboy’s wife is idyllic, “they” say. I, personally, would like to know who “they” are, and whether they ever have stumbled along in those wifely boots. The romantic stories show and tell about the husband... Full story

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