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The Handy Roan, based in Eastern Oregon, is not your average store. What sets us apart is our spirit, grace, and humor of ranch life.

There’s a version of ranch life that gets shared a lot. Golden light. Silence. Kids riding horses like it’s effortless. And that part is true. But around those pictures there is also chaos, animals to be watered, boys screaming, cows calling to you... To me it's a little bit of heaven. And more often, ranch life looks like dirt tracked through our house, our boys running barefoot, and a to-do list that didn’t get shorter no matter how hard we worked. Living on a ranch and far

I often feel as though people who do live this way of life often view us as cruel. They don't have an understanding of our heart, our life and our views. Living on a ranch has a way of teaching you things that you can’t learn anywhere else. Out here, life isn’t abstract. It isn’t something you scroll past or package neatly. Life is present—every day, in every season—and so is the responsibility that comes with it. Ranching puts you face to face with the full circle of life. B