Visiting with my Daddy for a few days. We have lots of visiting to do. So, a repost from a couple of years ago . . . SupErik to the resc...

I love hearing about people. Where they came from. Who their families were. Their stories . . . I have a good friend who was...

This week's Wednesday words from Our Feathered Nest :  Incline, recline, divine, bovine, ravine, machine  or   valentine, engine,...

My good friend and fellow writer, Christina Dymock has created something remarkable. Okay, yes, there are other children's cook books...

The ranch Production sale day. The highlight of the Stringam Ranch year. The catalogs have been printed, painstakingly addressed (...

Coy-Bow. Sans guns . . .  My Dad had a speech impediment. Sometimes, he said things backwards. Oh, he could control it. He just chose no...

Mark, right and Erik, with Grampa Tolley in the background To complete his master's degree, my husband moved our (then) little famil...

Cute. Or slimy. You decide. Twenty Froggies Twenty froggies went to school Down beside a rushy pool, Twenty little coats of green, ...

Family games - mischief made legal On the ranch in the evenings, particularly the long, winter evenings, opportunities for entertainme...

A repost for a busy day . . . She of the foul mouth . . . There are creative ways of making one's anger and frustration known. Even ...

My good friend, Delores, from The Feathered Nest , gives a six-word challenge every Wednesday. Use these words in . . . something creative....

Worth fighting for . . . In the Stringam household of eighty years ago, all food was prepared from scratch. Processed or instant foods s...

Mabel and Percy (Casey) Jones. 1924 My parents' good friends Mom and Dad, newlyweds, were out for the evening with friends. At...

Caitlin Age 3 Ten o'clock pm. Six happy, grubby little bodies scrubbed clean and clothed in freshly-laundered pajamas. Six sets of ...

That head was learning things. Who could have guessed?! I learned a few things as I was growing up. Okay, I know that comes as a surpris...

It's finally starting to feel like summer. So, a repost of summer memories. Enjoy . . . Our family loved staying at our friends' c...

City Kids! My cousin was visiting. For two whole weeks. She was a city girl. But the only difference between a city girl a...