Last week in the middle of a life that sent me down to the scary basement of this old house to search for things to throw away, I found something I didn’t know I had. And that something might have turned into one of the most important pieces of my life. See, among our snowshoes, [...]
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Love letters from me
Posted in Family, Musings, Ranch Life, tagged childhood, family, Home, life, Love, Marriage, musings, nostalgia, writing on May 17, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Happy Momma’s Day!
Posted in Family, tagged family, mom, mother's day on May 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I love my momma. There she is after giving me life. There I am on about my tenth minute out in the world. I’m looking a bit concerned..but she’s smiling. That smile is a miraculous site knowing now that I was a whole month late–and I haven’t been on time for anything since. You would [...]
If I weren’t these things…
Posted in Family, Music, Musings, tagged family, Home, Jessie Veeder, life, Love, music, musings, North Dakota, ranch, Veeder Ranch, writing on April 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I sit on the love seat in the back room of my parent’s house. It’s 9:30 on a Wednesday evening. I’ve finished my slice of pizza. My mother brought it home from town. I’ve had my glass of wine and we’ve had our visit about the weather and the traffic and the pizza and the [...]
The boy on the hill…
Posted in Family, Musings, Ranch Life, tagged adventure, childhood, family, father, Home, life, Love, memories, musings, North Dakota, ranch, Veeder Ranch, writing on March 26, 2012 | 14 Comments »
Most Sundays we get together with mom and pops for dinner. After a week of work and crazy schedules followed by a weekend of chores and projects or travel, one of us decides that someone should cook a decent meal, pour some wine in a glass and make us all sit down. I admit, with [...]
Dear Husband…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged family, husbands, Marriage, photography, Relationships, valentines day, Veeder Ranch, writing on February 13, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Dear Husband, Good morning. As I write this I imagine you on your way to work in your red pickup, your warm cap pulled down over your ears, a little of your scruffy hair escaping out the sides. Or maybe you’re there already, digging into the jobs you’re good at. I lost track of how [...]
Days spent like this…
Posted in Family, tagged family, Home, kids, life, Love, musings, writing on January 27, 2012 | 12 Comments »
I have been hanging with Little Man a lot lately. We’ve been chillin’, drinking bottles of milk, throwing snack foods on the ground, giving the kitties kisses, watching Mickey Mouse, practicing our walking skills and pooping our pants…wait…that one is just him. He is a blessing, a joy, a wonder of new accomplishments and experiences. [...]
A little about Little Man
Posted in Family, tagged babies, family, life, Love, nephew, ranch, Veeder Ranch on January 6, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Check out my date for the day: Yup, he’s a handsome catch. Don’t judge me ok. But when I get a chance to hang with my baby nephew, the first thing I do (after getting a smile and a hug) is dress him as a mini version of an adult character, like a cowboy or [...]
The list
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged Christmas, family, holidays, Home, life, Love, Marriage, North Dakota, outdoors, photos, ranch, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on December 20, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Christmas is right around the corner. Like, right there. I can see its sparkly ribbons and the ball on its Santa hat from here and I am finding myself a little anxious about the whole thing. I’m saying things like, I’m not ready! I have to bake something! I have to wrap the presents and [...]
Where are the words for this?
Posted in Family, Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged family, frost, Home, house building, life, Love, musings, Nature, North Dakota, ranch, ranch life, winter, writing on December 15, 2011 | 19 Comments »
You know that saying, ”When it rains it pours?” Or how about the other one, “Bad things happen in threes?” I’ve used these before to describe overwhelming events in people’s lives and in my own. I have said these phrases out loud to declare war on an unpredictable life, to show my exasperation at a [...]
Turkey, ping pong, a cheeseball and memories…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged cooking, family, holiday, life, Love, North Dakota, photography, ranch, ranch life, seasons, Thanksgiving, writing on November 29, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I hope the holiday weekend was good to everyone. I hope the sun rose bright and warm and flooded your kitchen with streams of light while you or your momma or your gramma or pops or sister or mother-in-law basted the turkey and rolled up their sleeves, saying something like “whew, it’s warm in here [...]
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