Jack VarianAug 10, 20215 minDo you want to know what I think? I believe every living thing spends their lives living in a bell shaped curve which gives all different life forms a chance to live...
Jack VarianAug 3, 202111 minPassion discovers “understanding the whole”This past month my son John enlisted two high school boys as interns to work on our V6 Ranch, one is from Silicon Valley and the other...
Jack VarianJul 6, 20214 minThe Importance of High School Rodeo I guess most of us citizens of California can point to a few and to some, the many things that have gone awry this past year. But for me...
Jack VarianJun 26, 20216 min A Healthy Diet Caveman Style Seems like everyone these days is on a diet of one kind or another so I thought I would throw in my two cents worth about my latest diet....
Jack VarianJun 14, 20214 minClass of 1953 talks about kissing and the terminology of the dayThe year is 1953 and I’m about ready to graduate from Palo Alto High School. So let me tell you a little bit about my class. The class of...
Jack VarianMay 16, 20212 min If only we could sell a cow like a car dealer does!Why we in the cattle business would never see another poor day. But before a cow can be sold a State brand inspector must look at the cow...
Jack VarianMay 15, 20211 minThe Honorable Old Mr. Blue Oak Living has thrown me some curves in my life, but in spite of it all I’ve enjoyed the journey. See Ya Jack
Jack VarianApr 28, 20214 minFinding a Proper BalanceIt’s all in the eyes of the beholder. Surely this is an easy way to pick a fight with almost anybody as proper and balance are such...
Jack VarianApr 12, 20217 minBuying Cattle, Down Old Mexico Way, 1970s The weather forecast for the day was to be cloudy with a slight chance for rain. But this chance of rain, instead turns to snow....
Jack VarianMar 8, 20213 min To Build a House Part Two Continued from To Build a House A lifelong friend of mine who had become a notable architect in the design and building of many public...
Jack VarianMar 7, 202114 minTo Build a House Zee and I watched the ink dry on our signatures to the deed that would complete the purchase of the Taylor Ranch. We would be the new...
Jack VarianFeb 20, 20213 minThe Goodbye Girl I didn’t quite know what I was going to do with a cotton trailer but there they were at one of the many junk auctions that I attend,....
Jack VarianFeb 6, 20216 minHow Much Pleasure Per Acre Does Your Ranch Produce?My father was an early day pilot flying as a captain for Pan American Airlines. He signed on with Pan Am in 1927 to fly Trimotor Ford...
Jack VarianJan 16, 20213 minIf you want to brush your teeth you have to just startLately I’ve been waking up early, like 4am and just thinking, some people call it noodling. Well this morning of 1/16/202I it got me to...
Jack VarianDec 7, 20204 minThe Best of TimesCamelot or “Paly High” were interchangeable for me. It was a mythical place, where that peaceful easy feeling could be found. It was a...
Jack VarianNov 23, 20205 minWhat happens without thought?At this very moment oxygen is rushing into my lungs allowing me to do some thinking about what the future holds for “we the people”. Well...
Jack VarianNov 18, 20201 minThe meaning of meaningful I’m ready to leave now and where might you be going? Well on my Sunday morning hike with a blue sky above me into my mind came a question...
Jack VarianNov 15, 20202 minLoving life through workI wish there was another word for work because it’s so weighted down with the idea that there is only toil and drudgery associated with...
Jack VarianNov 9, 20201 minWhere has all the middle gone?Zealots both left and right we need you You shit disturbers of the status quo who call our attention to inequities of many colors You...
Jack VarianOct 26, 20203 minLiving in the land and not just on the landMy journey from living on the land to immersing myself into the land started after attending a three day seminar.