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The animals of winter…
Well the wind blew winter in this weekend and I breathed in the frozen air, a kind of sigh of relief that the season didn’t skip us altogether. Nope, the snow and the cold made it just in time to keep...
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If you give a pug a home…
If you give a pug a home he will probably want full reign of your couch to go with it. So you will move over to clear the area for that smooshy nosed, squishy, cuddly animal to lie down next to you....
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Multiple Personality March
Ahhh, March. You bring us one month closer to the promise of spring with your wild and unpredictable snow storms, your extreme warmth, your puddles and mud, little bit of rain, thawed out cow plops,...
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A life (couple days) without dogs…
Some days I’m not sure why I bother. Some days I wonder why the things that are supposed to be simple, things that other human people seem to manage properly without much sweat or confusion, don’t...
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I might as well grow fur.
I live in a barnyard. Literally. I can walk out my door and, if I forget to look down, I will more than likely step in horse poop. I can watch the steers graze from my bathroom window while I brush my...
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Pug: For Giveaway
When I’m out and about in the world–working, shopping, grabbing a drink with friends–there’s a common question people from all corners of my life make sure they stop to ask me. It isn’t “how ’bout...
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Weird.
Life out here is beautiful. Life out here is peaceful and dirty and busy and windy and full of long “to-do” lists staring us in the face. And life out here can be weird. My first example: Last Sunday...
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Delusions.
I’ve been meaning to tell you some things about the pug. You’re all so supportive of him, the dog who, despite his sins and misadventures, still somehow finds a way to sleep on the couch. Anyway, I...
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Next Year.
It’s been a hell of a year at the Veeder Ranch and it looks like it’s going to go out with quite the chill in the air. I’ll tell you in advance, if you can’t find me after midnight tonight it’s...
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The littlest cow dog.
Meet Juno, Pops’ new cow dog. Aren’t you just dying. She’s so fllllufffffaaaayyyyaaaa!!! Ahem. Ok, look beyond her absolute cuteness and you will see one of the most important elements in our ranching...
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Howling.
Husband’s gramma is in the hospital a few towns away. Yesterday we went to visit her. I don’t normally talk about things like this, but I think I should because there are people in our life that we...
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About the pug (I apologize in advance for this)
So you’re probably wondering about the pug. I know. Usually I have something to say about this animal who’s always peeing, farting or pooping on something. Usually I have a weekly update in the form of...
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The making of a dog.
Remember this little girl? OMMMGEEEE she was so fluffaaaayyy I could diiieee!!! Yes, that was Juno, The Littlest Cow Dog last winter when we brought her home to the ranch in Pops’ pickup. I held her...
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What the dog thinks.
Yesterday the dogs ran away. Now, don’t get all panicky. This is not a new thing. Those damn dogs run away at least three times a week, or, if I rephrase it to sound more like the truth, every damn...
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An accent, an accident and a coffee related incident…
And now, I humbly present to you: Yesterday’s Revelations: Ahem.. I accidentally slept in too late and then proceeded to have a fight with my coffee Keurig. I’ve never had a coffee Keurig until I...
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Love and snow fall…
We woke up this Valentines Day to find a nice fresh coat of fluffy snow, a little sun and some sparkle in the air. I was happy to see it, because for about three months it’s literally been too cold to...
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Spring is…
Sometimes the day is so lovely, you just have to go out in it. Sometimes the moon shows up before the sun goes down and lines up just right in the blue sky hovering peacefully over golden grass. Grass...
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So off you go, Pug…
Some of you have asked what has become of the pug, noticing his absence from the spotlight on these pages. The truth is, I have been wondering the same thing for a few months now. Because a few months...
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A full life, a full freezer…
Heeeyyyyaaaa!!! It’s FRRIIIDDDAAYYY! It’s been an exciting week at the ranch, beginning with this: No, that’s not Ted Nugent, that there is my handsome, bearded husband with the bull elk he called in...
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“Cow Dog,” defined
You all know this about me, but I grew up with dogs who slept in barns and garages, on hay bales and under heat lamps. They were the first to go into the brush after a wayward, ornery bull and the...
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