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  • Random Musings

    “I think, this year, we’re all just trying to figure out how to get by.”

    Dec 24, 2020 1 Comment

    Merry Christmas Eve, my loves. If you're reading this, you made it to the final round of Jumanji...I mean, 2020. Congratulations. I hope this post/letter finds you well. I'm

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  • Random Musings

    Pandemics and Paying Attention

    Oct 14, 2020 1 Comment

    I'm writing this from my front porch. I bought a new rocking chair set this year from the feed store; in a world of work-from-home and pandemics, it was money well spent. It's windy, but warm;

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  • Random Musings

    New Normals, Old Normals and the Best Laid Plans of Mice and Me in the Age of Covid

    Sep 23, 2020 No Comment

    The leaves on the sugar maple in my front pasture are turning crimson. For years, I've watched this process, noticing that this particular tree changes its leaves directly from green to red

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  • Random Musings, The Garden, The Life, The Ranch

    Grandpa, Grieving, and Learning to Carry Love

    Jun 15, 2020 2 Comments

    I think the season might have changed from spring to summer while I wasn't looking. A quiet breath of change that happened maybe while I was grading. Or shearing. Or mourning. Collectively, a lot

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  • Random Musings

    Waiting to See the Other Side of the Wall: Thoughts on Quarantine

    Mar 31, 2020 3 Comments

    I have thirteen open tabs in Chrome. One is a YouTube video on body language that I want my students to watch before they start job interviews upon graduation.  We talk a lot about body language

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  • Random Musings, The Life

    On Depression, Being Kind (to yourself), and Doing Hard Things.

    Jan 08, 2020 6 Comments

    I was cleaning my third to last stall of the night, the one where my mamas and babies live, when a text came through.  I paused to read it and took a moment to pause in my barn work as well.

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  • Random Musings, The Life, The Ranch

    Connection, Moonlight, and Blurry Pictures: I did not want to go to the barn this evening.

    Dec 11, 2019 4 Comments

    I didn't want to go to the barn this evening. Not even a little bit. Not even at all. <<<>>> It's below freezing out here on the ranch.  I woke up to snowflakes meandering to the

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  • Random Musings, The Critters, The Ranch

    Miracles and Paradise

    Dec 10, 2019 4 Comments

    Sunday: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... The tune lilts through my head as I look around the house, but while there is probably a tree in the grand hotel, and while friends have been

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  • The Ranch

    Winter, Christmas, and All of the Lists

    Nov 12, 2019 5 Comments

    I sat down last weekend and made my Christmas lists.  Christmas shopping.  Christmas goals.  Taking some inspiration from a blogger I follow--Karen at The Art of Doing Stuff--I decided

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  • The Critters, The Life, The Ranch

    A Day in the Life

    Jul 30, 2019 6 Comments

    8:15: Coffee It's after 8:00; I'm still in bed, under covers, and I've only REALLY been awake for about 15 minutes.  Over and over, I have to explain this.  I don't do early mornings unless I

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  • “I think, this year, we’re all just trying to figure out how to get by.”
  • Pandemics and Paying Attention
  • New Normals, Old Normals and the Best Laid Plans of Mice and Me in the Age of Covid
  • Grandpa, Grieving, and Learning to Carry Love
  • Waiting to See the Other Side of the Wall: Thoughts on Quarantine

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2014-10-17 17.08.31
Cinco!
Cinco!
DSC_0723
DSC_0691
DSC_1343
The bitty babies!
The bitty babies!
DSC_1324
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
2014-08-05 11.58.00
DSC_0577
DSC_0583
DSC_0696
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Minnett wearing a hat...headband...thing
Minnett wearing a hat…headband…thing
2014-05-12 11.43.05
It looks so peaceful, doesn't it?
It looks so peaceful, doesn’t it?
Cinco
Cinco
2013-06-04 16.26.20
Hey look. Blessings!
Hey look. Blessings!
2014-03-09 16.15.24
2014-03-09 16.15.27

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  • “I think, this year, we’re all just trying to figure out how to get by.”
  • Pandemics and Paying Attention
  • New Normals, Old Normals and the Best Laid Plans of Mice and Me in the Age of Covid
  • Grandpa, Grieving, and Learning to Carry Love
  • Waiting to See the Other Side of the Wall: Thoughts on Quarantine

Top Posts & Pages

  • A Very Merry Un-Bridal Shower
  • But aren't llamas mean???
2014-10-17 17.08.31
Cinco!
Cinco!
DSC_0723
DSC_0691
DSC_1343
The bitty babies!
The bitty babies!
DSC_1324
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
2014-08-05 11.58.00
DSC_0577
DSC_0583
DSC_0696
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Minnett wearing a hat...headband...thing
Minnett wearing a hat…headband…thing
2014-05-12 11.43.05
It looks so peaceful, doesn't it?
It looks so peaceful, doesn’t it?
Cinco
Cinco
2013-06-04 16.26.20
Hey look. Blessings!
Hey look. Blessings!
2014-03-09 16.15.24
2014-03-09 16.15.27

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