Welcome to The Educated Cowpuncher Blog! I suppose an introduction is necessary for those who do not know who I am . I am simply, The Barnyard Mare, Duchess of the Prairie, The Educated Cowpuncher and my real name is Mary Powell. I am many things to many people but for most, I am The Barnyard Mare. I have spent much of my adult life working with livestock, mainly beef cattle & horses but I have some experience with pigs & goats as well. Sheep? NOPE, we won’t go there, don’t care for them much.
I live in Kansas and I am very proud to say that Dorthy was right when she said; “There is no place like home.” I have lived in Kansas since about 1979 with a year in North Carolina, two and a half years in Germany, nine months in Oregon and that is about it. I keep coming back to Kansas and that is where I will stay.
I love agriculture and that is my passion in life, the wonder of livestock production, birthing of new critters is a wonder to behold. I love to watch things grow. I love the animals and I also love to watch the crops grow, corn, milo, beans and of course, the wheat. There is nothing so amazing as to watch a wheat field dance, when the wind blows and it blows a lot in Kansas.
My animal family includes my three border collies; Miss Allie, Jinx & Joy-Joy, seven horses; Little Hi Des Champ (Shep), Pretty Buck Champ (Champ), Pepponitas Smart Gal (Lena), Chief (resident paint horse), Pippi (Champ’s daughter), Bunny (Shep’s daughter), and Little Lady (a Welsh/Quarter Horse cross). Oh, we have to mention Dawnkey the BLM burro and Lucky (my grown daughter’s ancient cow that is I think 17 years old). I also have a few meat goats but we won’t try to talk about that mess right now.
I do have a Facebook Page called “The Barnyard Mare, Duchess of the Prairie” for my speaking event activities, where I go to different events and tell my misadventures as a Cowboy in the Girl Kind of Way. If you are interested in a speaker/storyteller to provide a little cowboy entertainment, you can contact me that way.
Well, that is me in a nutshell and my blogs, well, they will have essays about Kansas, country living, critters, news commentary and political comments as well. A couple things to remember; 1) I am an Evangelical Christian, I will talk about God and HE is not finished with me as I am as rough as they come, I am not perfect and I try not to be judge people but I reserve the RIGHT as an AMERICAN to decide who I want to work for, talk to and associate with.
2) I may say things that offend people, if it offends you, that is tough, you do not have to read this blog. I believe in my First Amendment Rights of FREE SPEECH & my RIGHT to practice my RELIGION and I will not infringe on other religions. BUT if your religion infringes on mine, I will guarantee you that I will fight back to protect my rights.
3) I believe in the Constitution of the United States of America and that it is the LAW of the land, even if there are those in the government who think they can change it. Our Founding Fathers created that constitution to protect us against tyranny and I will utilize every right I have to protect The Constitution!
Enough Said! Hope you enjoy my blog. Come back often and share this site with others. It is my hope that I will soon have my own .com address but until then I will be at WordPress.
The Barnyard Mare, an Educated Cowpuncher
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