Have you ever been to a branding? Do you know the smell? Even days, weeks after being home, I’m still getting whiffs of it. It’s not necessarily a good smell. Not something you’d want on a candle. It’s burning hair and skin for goodness sake. But I like it. It brings back memories. Memories of when I was a teenager and would travel with my friend and her family every spring to Nevada to brand calves and push them out onto the mountain. I remember bringing in calves to brand, and racing the ranch kids and my friend on my half arabian half quarter horse mare across the salty desert,… Keep Reading