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Thoughts from Kelln

      It’s another cold day here in paradise.  We have a little bit of snow coming down, mixed with some sleet and freezing fog.  What the heck is freezing fog?  I don’t know for sure, but we’ve got it.  The goats all have hay, full feeders, shelter and
       We aren’t far from Saturday morning as we hit the keyboard.  I don’t have a great story for you all tonight, but let’s see what tomorrow brings.        I did watch the opening ceremonies tonight.  One can never under-estimate the power of Russia.  That country
      I’m the fattest that I have ever been.  I have weighed around 188 for the past 20 + years.  Since, Thanksgiving I have blossomed to about 195 to 197.  I don’t have to hold my breath to button my jeans, but they are nearing maximum capacity.  
     There are a lot of questions surrounding online auctions.  I’ve been selling goats in online auctions as long as anybody.  Kela and Milligan partnered to do the first online goat auction in OK several years ago.  For a breeder that doesn’t have large #s, an online auction is

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    Life is wonderful here at the Kelln Kompound.  We had over 8″ of a wet snow with NO wind today.  Finally, a chance for some moisture.  Of course, the cold sits in and the wind machine fires back up the rest of the week.  I hate how does
      This continues to amaze me.  How a mature doe can fit through a creep gate that is too small a hole for some of the kids to fit through.  I’ve got this female dog of a doe that I cannot keep out of the creep area.  She
There are several things that I don’t like to deal with.  Some would call these pet peeves. 1–People who drive to slow in front of me. 2–Pallets–They are a PITA.  You have to have them, but then they are in the way. 3–Sandburs 4–Warm beer 5–No orange juice or no
       In today’s online, social media world, if you have something to sell, then you MUST have an online presence.  And it needs to be current.  Let me give you a few examples from my personal experience.        The dealership in Woodward,OK is a small, but
     We continue to have our own discovery channel around the Kelln Kompound.  I routinely discover things that prove that I am getting old.  Today’s was the e-mail offering an early ticket order for Motley Crue’s FINAL concert tour.  I used to go to a lot of concerts.  Not
     Everything that I have is 4 sale–almost.  It’s just that some things will be harder to get bought than others.  I was looking around my barn this evening and realized that I have too many of a certain useful item.  I, actually we, have too many scales.  I