From time to time, circumstances plunge me into situations where either I’m really uncomfortable or I question everything I ever knew about social interaction, including my past experience, which is a little unnerving. I will acknowledge up front that this is at least partly because I am an introvert from birth. Given some of myContinue reading “The introvert, or the hermit?”
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Things you can learn on one frigid day.
It’s once again the second week of January, albeit the last day, and therefore it is time to draw an OTB. But since Jeremy has not sold calves yet, we are not yet dreaming of OTBs. Or, rather, we have such a large raft of options that it’s too hard to narrow it down beforeContinue reading “Things you can learn on one frigid day.”
Recommendations, summer edition.
So is everyone to the point of having had the wheels fall off the summer bus, or just me? Just me? OK, I guess that’s fine. Got a couple random things to impart, and since the blog is of course growing moldy, as realistically I knew it would from the get-go, which is why IContinue reading “Recommendations, summer edition.”
This, that, and the next thing — all absurd.
Until someone uses it, I forget that “absurd” is one of my most favorite words. It’s so perfectly descriptive. (I like most words quite a lot, so it is minorly deceptive of me to be declaring a most favorite.) Absurd. Like seven medicine dosing cups in the dirty dishes — and that’s not even atContinue reading “This, that, and the next thing — all absurd.”
A hundred prairie things I love.
county fairs wind waves in the grass six steps of acquaintance coincidence (inevitable) all the kinds of clouds old farm buildings the first sight of a mountain the Oregon Trail the horizon houses people can’t yet bear to tear down small-town convenience stores knowing delivery guys by name the Pony Express reride corn cows knowingContinue reading “A hundred prairie things I love.”
All the emotions, some in disguise.
We picked some corn. Actually, we picked marginally more corn than we expected, given all the potential for the adverse weather conditions to do their worst. We had hail and wind claims this year and, in face of this drought, are almighty thankful we are on the water mound resulting from the canal irrigation systemContinue reading “All the emotions, some in disguise.”
A few words on a Wednesday morning.
The oldest has a job for a neighbor this summer, and this week is Westmark’s VBS, meaning I can wake up one kid and send him off, then wake up four more kids and drive almost two miles and leave them off, and get three hours — three blessed hours — to myself (though admittedlyContinue reading “A few words on a Wednesday morning.”
All the news that is news.
Leo the gold-plated cat continues his reign as King House Cat. He is in as much as he is out, but as long as we don’t have a recurrence of mice in the house because he’s getting too lazy, I’m going to put up with it. Once in a while I luck out with aContinue reading “All the news that is news.”
Cannot make this up.
Pretty crazy how simply rotating toys back out of the basement can enthrall the small people. Today we unearthed four doll-strolling devices, and the strolling not only has not ceased in the intervening hours, it even attracted the boy’s attention. I suppose no one should go tell his classmates. This afternoon, the girls played duck-duck-gooseContinue reading “Cannot make this up.”
A reminder of why.
What do you tell a daughter who wants “Wacky Wednesday” when you want breakfast? You say, “Go ask your sister.” And then three girls read it together and you say a small prayer of thankfulness for small blessings and take their picture. I suspect she who wanted “Wacky Wednesday” is going to be very literallyContinue reading “A reminder of why.”
This Prairie Life. 