Getting hands-on at my first branding

I have had a lot of exposure to beef these past few weeks, and I don’t mean I have been over eating.

About a week ago, Albin resident Monte Lerwick invited me to a branding, an opportunity I could not pass up. On the journalistic side of things, it would be a great photo opportunity, but on the personal side, it would be a first-time experience. That’s right. I have never been to a branding before, up until now.

Now that I have actually experienced a branding, I can say it was a lot of fun.

“It’s like a big party,” Monte told me as I was taking photos that day. He wasn’t wrong.

My day started...