My Grandpa as I remember him. With Chris and Jerry.  My Grandpa Stringam was born in 1876, in Holden Utah. He ranched there with his ...

Go on. Give it a pull! Life on a ranch is glorious. Open, endless vistas. Fresh air. Time with you family. And endless hours ...

Okay, I'm still in a poetry mind set . . .   From this spell of cold and  damp , The germs in close formation, tramp, On my res...

Buddies. Eh? I knew what he was saying. He knew what he was saying. Too bad they weren’t the same thing . . . When I was little, ...

See? Really old! And mysterious! On the Stringam ranch, we had an old garage. Really old. Grampa Stringam old. It was long and si...

From the ashes . . . . . . rise the new and improved. Ranch families know how to have fun. And it usually involves dancing. Let me...

A poem. Because it's Sunday. And Dad's been telling stories again . . . Daddy. Eighty eight and still counting . . . Great ...

Supplier of kindliness. And food. The Stringam ranch was a large spread situated some twenty miles from the town of Milk River, Alberta...

Sisters Also a Sister In our church, everyone is addressed either as 'Brother' or 'Sister'. It gives a fun, family...

Mark. With his friend. Our family loves root beer. Homemade. And our eldest son can sleep through anything. These two facts are relat...

For once, he’d listened to his wife, How to ameliorate her life, And he went without delay, To take her on a holiday. But as he ...

In 1973, at the age of nineteen, Husby (to be) departed for France to serve a mission for our church. It was something he had always wa...

You want me to eat what . . .? My Dad always claimed to be allergic to onions. Whenever he ordered any burger, he always asked them t...

Notice the cute little boys. One with hair. One with . . . cheeks. Ignore the glasses. When I was expecting my second son, I craved anyt...

Mmmmm.  Sweet, tasty stickiness. It categorizes you. Marks your place in the family. Even decides if you will be granted admission t...

Dad’s talking. I’m listening . . . Every. Square. Foot. The annual production sale at the Stringam ranch was the highlight of o...