When I was younger, a little girl all wrapped up in the magic of this place, my favorite book of all time was “My Side of the Mountain.” I’m sure you’ve read it. It’s about a boy who finds himself living away from home in the wilderness of the mountains inside of a giant hollowed [...]
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When I could break untamable horses and catch fish with a spear…
Posted in Musings, tagged adventure, childhood, family, Home, life, memories, musings, Nature, ranch life, sisters, Veeder Ranch, weather, writing on February 23, 2012 | 10 Comments »
What makes you happy…
Posted in Photos, Poetry, tagged fun, happiness, Home, Jessie Veeder, life, Nature, poetry, ranch life, writing on February 20, 2012 | 9 Comments »
He’s playing the guitar, though he’s not so good and you’re dancing in the kitchen when you know you should be scrubbing up the dishes, putting them away checking off the list you made for the day. But you’re hair’s looking good and your jeans fit right and the sun came up this morning shining [...]
Your story in a song…
Posted in Music, tagged Home, Jessie Veeder, life, music, musings, North Dakota, performances, Veeder Ranch, writing on February 17, 2012 | 11 Comments »
I have been focusing quite a bit of my energy on my music these past few months, getting new songs ready to hit the studio to record another album. I’m pretty excited about the leap I decided to take after realizing, out of the blue it seemed, that I might have enough music, enough stories [...]
Dear Husband…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged Veeder Ranch, family, photography, writing, Marriage, husbands, valentines day, Relationships 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 [...]
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 | 31 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 [...]
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. [...]
Instigator…Idiot…Pug…
Posted in Pets, tagged adventure, animals, dogs, Home, pets, porcupine, pug, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on January 23, 2012 | 27 Comments »
If I were a pug with one eye I would tread lightly in this world, understanding that my life is hanging on the fact that my remaining eye, well, remains. If I were a pug I would have put pen to paper in my journal to detail each gory detail about how, exactly, I lost [...]
When your nostrils freeze together…
Posted in Ranch Life, tagged Home, humor, life, North Dakota, Veeder Ranch, weather, winter, writing on January 19, 2012 | 12 Comments »
If you live up here where January can be a real bitch sometimes, you’ve probably noticed weirdly familiar things happening to you and the bodies of those around you. I say weirdly familiar because it’s been awhile, but you are suddenly very aware that you’ve felt like this before, sometime, in a frozen land far, [...]
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 [...]
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