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a city life reject (me)
Do you know how long it takes a woman to get over the goodbye of her giant friends? Approximately 12 hours, if you’re this one. Because it was about that time we made the two hour drive to Big City,...
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The Story of Us: The Short Version
To those who are here, visitors new or old, I thought I would offer a short, condensed summary of what this blog, in part, is about. Cast of characters, setting, storyline, things such as that. The...
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Help! Pinterest addict here!
Pinterest is taking over my brain. With good reason, of course. We are experiencing a severe drought in South Dakota (info), and with the temps above 100 degrees this week, it’s me, the dogs, iced...
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Sundays on the Farm (and a question for you)
When he tells me it’s time to start combining, I smile due to amnesia, forgetting about the past five years and how the long fall days drive me mad. Always the Saturday optimistic, it’s in the midweek...
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10 Ways to Keep the Home Fires Burning
Five years we’ve been married, and what a magical, problem-free union it’s been for us. Well, magical, sometimes, but problem-free? Hardly. We’ve had our share of hardships, and no doubt we will face...
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He came to us
After Old Dog died, we didn’t know when we’d be ready for a new dog. It hurts to type that out, even though I’ve moved on in the only way we humans can. But in our plans, specifically Country Man’s,...
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Christmas cards and giveaway winner
I love Christmas cards. I love receiving them, and I love sending them. There is something about seeing the rectangular shape of a stamped envelope in the mailbox to reassure a country woman that the...
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10 Tips for Country Living
After five years in the country and 29 years in South Dakota, this gal has learned a few things, and shall pass my learnings unto you, especially good if you plan to live in the country some day. Or,...
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In the Meantime
No matter if I'm in the sky or not, I wonder if all his dreams will come true, too, and I think I'd do just about anything to make them all happen, to see him stand on his land and look for miles at...
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Two kinds of prairie dogs: a short story of an almost encounter
Tagged: animals, beauty, country life, dogs, farm life, life, prairie dogs, Tobi
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The White Days
With nearly record-breaking heat this week and the AC working overtime for it, I decided to take a few hours to run to the river and swim. Tobi and Erika Marks’s The Mermaid Collector accompanied me,...
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A Journey Called Infertility
I always wanted a natural birth. From the moment we decided to start trying all those years ago, I had a plan. It would go such and such a way, because that’s the mode life works, you know? A natural...
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Welcoming Spring
There are no shortage of reminders that spring is here. All people and animals were winter weary, including our frozen pipes that led to backing up of water, then to the rationing of water, then to me...
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