Okay. This story is about urine specimens. Ick. Those who are faint of heart or easily queasy, stop now. Stop. I told you to stop. You...

Mr. Organized Dad was a veterinarian. The only one for several counties. Well . . . If you didn't count Dr. Brewster, the animal in...

And into the next generation . . . Husby is a book lover. Always has been. I am, too, but not to his extent. I remember, in our l...

Hands tell everything. I was sitting in Church beside my dad and comparing my hand to his. Mine were small, white and smooth. Unm...

Dad at College. My Dad attended college in Guelph, Ontario. Training to be a veterinarian. His schooling there was fascinating. H...

Okay. Picture them a little more tousled and windblown . . . The wind blows in Southern Alberta. And I don't mean blows in the m...

Debbie. Mischief, mayhem and entertainment in one package. In college, I shared a two-bedroom apartment with three other girls. ...

On occasion, when I find a great book, I review it here on my blog. Well, it happened. This is one I'm passing on to all of my grandkid...

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...