This week's words  filter, squash, sour, dancing, muscle, breakthrough,  from Delores of The Feathered Nest actually fit in with my fr...

It's trickier than it looks. I had gone to town with Dad. It was always an exciting time for us kids. The teaming metropolis, c...

See? No horses. Vacation. The best of times. The worst of times. My parents had decided that our family needed to visit Montana. And...

Approach carefully. It's tricky On a ranch, there are gates. Many gates. In the corrals, big gates made of long, wooden boards. That...

College. A time of growth. Learning. Discovery. And how to make our own meals. And do our own laundry. Sigh. Laundry day was ...

Old Garage. Magical play area around the end to the right . . . New garage. Boring. Just in front of the Old Garage was a magic...

One and one-half hours from the Stringam ranch is the city of Lethbridge, Alberta. When the Stringams really needed to shop, that was the...

Once more, Delores, of The Feathered Nest as issued her challenge. Once more, I harness the old brain and shove it into overdrive . . . ...

It’s raining on us. And we’re sitting in the middle of the northern Alberta woods. Not a good combination. Usually. But many, many ...

We love to camp. We do it every year, rain or shine. Usually rain. Sigh. We have used the same little tent trailer forever. It wa...

Mom had short hair. In fact, most of the women I knew had short hair. I was four. I didn’t know that many women. But those I did . . ...

We’re camping again. With our friends. This is our 25 th year together. I think we could be considered family by this time. Our ki...

Blair. And a friend . . . My Dad was in the blacksmith shop. And wherever Dad went, we kids trailed after. Because. Why is it that e...

My good friend Delores of The Feathered Nest has issued this week's challenge. effervescent, sanity, umbrella, tang, hustle and gumd...

The day I realized just how good I had it . . . For the first twelve years of my life, 'cleanliness' and I really only had a nod...

Looking for a great summer murder mystery?             “As she drove back to Wendy’s house, the headlights cleaved the darkness and the...