Thinking about travelling again. A repost from a year and a half ago . . . Our family loves taking holidays. And for a simple country fam...

Daddy, my brother, George, and me. No spiders were harmed in the taking of this picture. But the area was scrutinized closely . . . Spid...

Every Wednesday, Delores throws down the gauntlet. A series of six words. Which is then picked up by her disciples. With more - or l...

Today, in honour of the 29th anniversary of my 29th birthday, my favourite story: Me. (Missing from the photo: the Chicken) Harvest. ...

Made ya look . . . She was home alone on a Friday night? This woman with five kids, one husband, and a very limited budget? How cou...

Another of my Dad's favourite stories. And, who knows . . . maybe it happened . . .? Newly-Weds They’d been married one week,...

Yesterday was my brother, George's, 60th birthday. This needs commemorating! Then My big brother, George, and I are two years an...

Us. In 1984. Without the parkas. Why do I remember the winter of 1984 so vividly? It was, in a word, COLD. But that isn’t the only ...

Muffy the First. With our eldest son, Mark For over thirty years, our family raised Old English Sheepdogs. We love them. They come as li...

Ha! I KNEW it was going to snow! “Look to the cows,” said Dad, the wise, “And you will come to realize, That by their actions, you c...

The Victim The question was innocent enough. “Daddy? How old were you when you started driving?” The answer was anything but. Innoc...

We were listening! Hands on Spiritual training. Really. On Sundays our family regularly attended church. For three hours. ...

I get nervous whenever I have to deal with anything official. Or legal. Like taxes. Or crossing the border. Call it...

Delores has done it again! From the far reaches of her vast intellect, she has presented us with this week's challenge. And...

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

A guest post by Diane’s chief proof-reader and editor: Anonymous Husby-Figure As all of you out there in blog-land know by now, my Be...

The important First-Day-Of-School (FDOS) has passed. With its first-day outfits, hair dos, school supplies, shoes, and angst. And pictu...