On the Alberta/Montana Border
Friday, August 14, 2020

Cookie Sail

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I had been happily in dreamland . Happily. In. Dreamland . I want to stress that because what follows did not promote any form o...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

DogGONE Dog Days

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The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the rising of the star...
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Monday, August 10, 2020

Over Dreamt

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My Mom and Dad on their anniversary... The day before their thirtieth, a woman woke from sleep, “I had the strangest dream,” s...
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Friday, August 7, 2020

Berry Good Pies

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It's that time again! Berry season! The sweetest part of the summer. And it brings back so many memories... On the prai...
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Thursday, August 6, 2020

Dramatically Wounded

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My little soldier. My kids belong on a stage. Case in point: It was a hot, sunny, summer afternoon. We sometimes get those in E...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

All Gummed Up

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Or something similar . . . We were driving to town. Maybe that doesn't sound like earth-shattering news to you, but we lived a h...
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Monday, August 3, 2020

Masked

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I wear a mask when I go out, Safety’s what it’s all about. War’s been declared, fills us with woe, The enemy’s a savage foe, Som...
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Friday, July 31, 2020

Uphill Both Ways

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Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the kids going back to school in the midst of a pandemic. Although Husby and I are firml...
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Thursday, July 30, 2020

Sniff

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Watch out! She'll get you! The morning milking happened . . . early. Before any of the younger kids were stirring. It was a peace...
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Monday, July 27, 2020

Life's Leaves

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Those heralds of spring, their soft, misty green, Suffuse all the trees, give them life, make them preen, And all through the garden...
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Saturday, July 25, 2020

Pole Dancing

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The Behemoth Things move. Big things. They move. I have proof. On the ranch, we had a large power/light pole. Full-sized. Firmly plan...
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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Flushed with Excitement

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Husby and me. Don't look closely . . . I told him not to laugh. But he did. I married him anyway . . . It was a bright and ...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

In With Pigs

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Daddy and me. Do any of the rest of you see the irony here? Okay, I wasn’t supposed to do it. And I knew I wasn’t supposed to do i...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Buddy

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Just a word of warning: Treating your appliances like people maybe be hazardous to your health. And to your sleep patterns. And also: I ...
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Monday, July 20, 2020

Small But Mighty

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If you could be an animal, what is it you would choose? A lion with his heavy mane, a sloth who likes to snooze? Perhaps a horse who...
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