Growing up on a ranch taught me to be responsible for doing everything as well as I could. My favorite line from my dad, Harry A. Day, is: “Just do it, and do it right.” My favorite line from my mom, Ada Mae Day, is: “I never learned to milk a cow.” My favorite quote from my college writing teacher, Wallace Stegner, is: “It should not be denied...that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome


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