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 [...]
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Dear Husband…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged family, husbands, Marriage, photography, Relationships, valentines day, Veeder Ranch, writing on February 13, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Are you warm yet?
Posted in Photos, Musings, tagged Veeder Ranch, North Dakota, Nature, ranch, photography, Home, musings, seasons, animals, winter, weather, ranch life on February 10, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Uff da, it’s kinda cold here in Fargo. It’s normal for February, but with all of the 50 degree temperatures we’ve had in January, we’ve been spoiled and confused about what season we’re living in. Which makes today’s -32 windchill feels a little mean. Yes, today in Fargo it’s winter indeed and I am happy [...]
Community in a time of change…
Posted in Community, Musings, tagged community, life, musings, North Dakota, Oil, Perspective, Veeder Ranch, writing on February 3, 2012 | 33 Comments »
I interrupt the regular programming of walking the hills, chasing Little Man, scolding the pug and cooking with my husband to talk for a moment about community. I want to talk about belonging somewhere, calling it home, embracing its flaws and standing up for a place…taking care of it. No matter where you live in [...]
On a green January day…
Posted in Musings, Photos, tagged Home, January, musings, Nature, North Dakota, outdoors, photography, ranch life, seasons, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on January 30, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Well, we are nearing the end of January and outside my window the sun is trying desperately to peek through the blanket of clouds and I feel, at 45 degrees, at any minute this brown, damp landscape is going to erupt in colors of green and orange and pink and purples. What a weird winter [...]
Obsession…
Posted in Musings, tagged boots, humor, life, musings, obsessions, ranch life, shoes, Veeder Ranch on January 12, 2012 | 13 Comments »
I have been having some issues this past month and I decided it’s high time I let you all in on one of my little quirks. Because I think it is one of my duties to make you all feel better about yourselves and life in general and what better way to give someone the [...]
How you spend your weekend…
Posted in Musings, tagged family, happiness, Home, horses, life, music, musings, Nature, North Dakota, philosophy, photography, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, writing on January 9, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Weekends around the ranch, no matter how well intentioned and thought out, are usually pretty unpredictable. Where some families have a nice and lovely routine that includes pancakes in the morning, taking kids to practices, catching a movie and maybe going out to eat with the family on Sunday after church, around here we try [...]
This year’s story…
Posted in Musings, Ranch Life, tagged adventure, animals, family, Home, horses, life, Love, musings, Nature, New Year, North Dakota, ranch life, reflection, seasons, Veeder Ranch, writing on December 29, 2011 | 29 Comments »
The year is winding down here and it is doing so quite nicely. This morning there is a little fog that has settled in over the barnyard, coating the grass and trees with a thin layer of frost. I am waiting for the sky to lighten a bit before taking a trip into town, just [...]
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 [...]
Three hundred and fifty-some days a year…
Posted in Musings, Ranch Life, tagged Home, life, musings, Nature, North Dakota, photography, photos, ranch life, seasons, sunrises, sunsets, writing on December 13, 2011 | 14 Comments »
We are honing in pretty close to a new year and ringing it in by, you know, bringing in a new house. It seems to be a pattern for us, making big changes at the end of the year. Three years ago we closed on our first home and spent the next two years renovating [...]
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