It has been an exciting week here on the ranch. Ranchhand 3 tried his hand at a new activity (extemporaneous speaking) and I am planning a mini vacation (I hope).
Ranchhand 3’s first foray into formal free speech did not go as well as hoped, but he did gather much intelligence for his next attempt. As an aside, he did qualify for the state FFA contest in public speaking (cooperative speech), so he has some abilities - the competition was just very good and the difference between him and finals was two points. It was fun to hear him describe his new approach and see him write down some notes at the table.