Our intrepid camping ally, Ancient of Days. It's Summer. Camping time again. Something our family has done for the past 1000 y...

Just the two of us. My Husby believes in date night. A least once a week. He and me. Fun. In our earlier, more penurious days ...

Don't let the innocent expression fool you! Our eldest son had a world class talent. World class. If it had been an event ...

Go ahead! Sing! How do you 'rise and shine'? Throughout my life, I have been summoned from sleep in various ways. Some gen...

No Yes This story is about sex. Ahem . . . I was raised on a ranch. There are animals on a ranch. Animal...

Look closely. The gaps are there . . . Okay, I don't want to suggest that there is a generation gap in our family but . . . well...

He is a Honey Bunny! I admit it. I call my Husby names. Maybe I should explain . . . Husby was serving on a church committee ...

The Stringam ranch house had one delicious feature.  That kids love. And parents hate. The kitchen ran right into the hallway, whi...

You see animals. They see . . . Sometimes, all that matters is the obvious . . . Our grandchildren were playing. A little backgrou...

It's done. Following several thousand man-hours of sorting, packing, hauling, mistakes, searching, finding, more packing, more hauling,...

Okay. Call it what you want . . . Cows. You see them in the fields. Standing. Eating. Wandering about. Staring contentedly at nothing...

Which are you? I just read that, when faced with something dire, a person will fight. Or a person will fly. Sometimes, we don't ...

Me. And six of thirteen. I know what I'm talking about . . . For any of you who have children, are around children, or have heard ...

Blair. Getting animated. I bought another big growthy (once again, that word) heifer. She was tall. She was dark red. She had a white...

A guest post by Little Brother, Blair! Blair. And bull. When I was 12, my activities consisted of going to school and working on th...

He only looks cute. See that hole? Not good. Warning: Many, many gophers were mortally wounded seriously harmed  in the telling of th...

July (sort of) Friday Funny Today’s post is July’s Funny Friday, a regular feature published on the last Friday of every month. Yes, we...