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5 Tips for Living a Better Life
I don’t know if it is the increasing length of the days or my recent admission regarding my Candy Crush problem, but I feel better. My energy level and ambition is growing along with the green grass....
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Be The Change: Holistic Management
There are a few things I know for certain, among them: 1) I will never feel compelled to scrub the hard water stains out of my toilet bowls. 2)I lack passion for Russian literature. 3) I am...
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Goodbye Good Friend.
I laid my old dog to rest this morning. Gordo would’ve approved of the shady spot my son and I chose. It was hot and the ground hard. I dug the grave with the help of my tears, I owe him the honor...
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Changing Ranges
Road through sage grouse lek in Slaughterhouse, TM Ranch, Idaho Cowboys’ desire to for new ranges, the novelty of new country, has been around long as the profession itself. My husband is no...
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A moment of gratitude.
My notebook is empty, but my heart is full. Its as simple as taking the time to appreciate the beauty in the changing light upon a blanket of snow. Sunset on snow, Carlo is unimpressed. Though my...
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Fresh
Despite moving more than five months ago, we’re still a family in transition. We’ve not established new routines for our new surroundings. As a result, my writing has suffered. I am sensitive to...
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5 Things I’ve Learned From My Brothers
I failed to post or acknowledge National Sibling Day. I didn’t realize there was such a day. How about you? When did April 10th become National Sibling Day? I am clearly behind the curve on more...
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Rodeo Rain
August 2014 Rodeo bound, our first few weeks back in our home country; we’re locked and loaded for Richey, Montana. This roping is the first social event our family will attend since our move and the...
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Well, hello!
The View from Sand Turn, Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. July, 2015. Life seems to be humming along at a pace that is unmanageably fast. Months ticking by in rapid succession, good intentions paving the...
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14 Years
My grandad’s windmill. Fourteen years ago, as our country reeled from the tragic events on the East coast, I was a college student in the mountains of Colorado. Hollow-eyed and apathetic, I was...
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Welcome Fall
The Fall Equinox graced this part of the world with a cool, clean morning that blossomed into a clear, sunny day. The following days seem to shimmer with summer heat, but the blackbirds appear in...
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Little Boy Blue, Where are you?
I took a plunge and purchased a Jersey milk cow this winter. At the time I bought her, “Karey” was an untrained, two-year-old heifer expecting her first calf. I don’t really know what I am doing....
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My Best Friend
The past two years have flown by, there was a time that my dog friend’s name was as fitting as could be. Mouse was the runt of an unplanned litter out of an Airedale/Border Collie female and my...
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“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” ― James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small I’ve been in a blue funk...
View ArticleEverybody Loves a Roan
A few years ago, I was relaxing in the bleachers at a rodeo, while a weirdo friend braided my hair. “You’re going roan! I like it.” Roan, the sprinkle of white hairs, is such desirable coat pattern...
View ArticleWe’re Buying a House
We’re buying a house. I’ve been repeating this statement to myself with some disbelief these past few weeks. We’re buying a house. We are buying a house. It isn’t an uncommon life choice, but it...
View ArticleCh-ch-changes
There are, I hope, some subtle changes going on here on the website. In an attempt to support this labor of love, I’ve created space for advertisers in the sidebar. Carefully chosen to reflect my...
View ArticleA Good Girl
I didn’t know my soul needed to recharge, that was until my heart began lifting with an effervescence in my chest, as I stood with my face to the wind on the hilltop facing the setting sun. Not...
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To My Cousins. . .
Cousins, We are the red scoria roads and ponderosa covered hillsides of the Tongue River Valley. We are every flavor of Shasta, slurped down in the midday sun, outside of the dusty branding corral....
View ArticleThis Day
I am a worrier. If I am not mindful of my internal state, I am easily consumed by anxiety. I worry about the food I eat. Is it healthy? Is it produced in a sustainable manner? Does it taste good? I...
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