Jack's blog

I believe every living thing spends their lives living in a bell shaped curve which gives all different life forms a chance to live...

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...

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...

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....

The 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...

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...

Living has thrown me some curves in my life, but in spite of it all I’ve enjoyed the journey. See Ya Jack

It’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...

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....

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...

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...

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,....

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...

Lately 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...

Camelot or “Paly High” were interchangeable for me. It was a mythical place, where that peaceful easy feeling could be found. It was a...

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...

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...

I 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...

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...

My journey from living on the land to immersing myself into the land started after attending a three day seminar.