Happiness is a wild plum patch
Happiness is a wild plum patchForum Communications Western North Dakota grows wild plums. In the patches of brush where the poison ivy sneaks and the cows go to get away from the flies. They start as...
View ArticleWe’re going to be OK, and things of that nature…
There’s a mist that’s settled in over the ranch this morning, a lingering reminder of the rain we just experienced the past few days, at long last. It was just what we needed, we all agreed. Over 2...
View ArticleOne of the helpers
He loves to helpForum Communications Here’s the scene: My little sister running up to me as I was about to pull the door shut on the passenger side of my car. Someone in the parking lot of the rodeo...
View ArticleWill our children know the quiet?
Will our kids have a chance to know the quiet?Forum Communications On a recent trip to a Minnesota town, I took a walk along a path by the river that wound through the city. I kept my headphones out...
View ArticleFall work and the promise of rain
On Saturday, it rained. It rained and it soaked the earth and it made mud puddles and the kids splashed in them and we all pressed our noses against the screens and windows and held our breath. Hoping...
View ArticleHomemade Halloween
Happy Day after Halloween everyone! How’s your blood sugar level? I’m feeling the need to check in on you all after a Halloween that lasted three whole days. Are you upright? Did the kids make it?...
View ArticleChristmas fudge and other holiday miracles…
Over the Thanksgiving weekend my family and I fully committed to the Christmas season. And when I say, “fully committed” I mean my husband helped me put lights and big homemade snowflake decorations...
View ArticleIf you want a slice of rural America, visit a Cenex station
My niece Ada walked right up to him, a man in work coveralls, thick glasses and a Scotch cap. His face was weathered from years of living and I had my hands full of Icees and personal pan pizzas and a...
View ArticleSweet clover, sweet summer
Listen to Jessie and her sister Alex get interrupted and sidetracked as they try to catch up on motherhood and memories, a real live look into the chaos of life at the ranch on this week’s podcast,...
View ArticleTaking a back seat to the dogs
If you like dogs this is the podcast episode for you. I recently realized my true place on the ranch and, well, this is my way of working it all out. I sit down with my husband, Chad to reminisce...
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