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Lightning
Shawn and I were standing at the front door watching the storm when lightning hit the house on Thursday morning. We jumped, poor Jerhro jumped and the cows huddled in the corner jumped. Every hair stood on end and we all looked somewhat ridiculous as the power flashed out. We were lucky, the house is…
Read MoreMedicated Bath
The vet recommended a weekly medicated bath for poor Jethro with a dilute bleach and baking soda rinse. So we use the garden hose for an outside shower, but with all these infected sores all over his body he can’t really be toweled dry. After 15 hours yesterday he was still damp in places. They…
Read MoreDelays and Weather
Having spent so much time in Alaska, 20 years, and being accustomed to all sorts of things that cause delays, we were not surprised when it turns out getting a new modem delivered was going to take a few extra days. The latest projection for delivery is now Wednesday. However it surprised me when they…
Read MoreLightning Strikes
They say it is impossible to predict, and that may be true but we are so lucky. We were up before eight, standing in the front doorway watching the storm when lightning struck the house. We all jumped, Shawn and I, the dog and believe it or not the cows in the field next to…
Read MoreBook 5: Grabon’s Nest
Every story I write becomes a favorite or I lock it in the closet and it never sees the light of day. That being said, Grabon’s Nest is a favorite for several reasons. 1. It is the first non human focused love story in the series. 2. The reader finally learns more about dragon society…
Read MoreAdventure
In my mind there have always been at least two types of adventure, the kind that gets you filthy and the kind that doesn’t. I love them both, but they are usually two very different things. Some adventures are conversations, or reading, but more often than not that is peering into someone else’s experience. It…
Read MoreBusy Days
No matter the season, some days we manage to cram in 35 things while on others we accomplish 4. Of course that says nothing of the complexity or difficulty of the task, but a 35 day list somehow is more tiring. Yesterday was a 35 day and a travel day to boot. Aside from a…
Read MoreNew Equipment
It is entirely a human concern, the excitement and dread of getting new equipment. Most of us have experienced having to learn a new way of doing something with a new tool. I can remember wishing I could use the old word processessor. My last vacuum had different buttons and I could find them in…
Read MoreCows and Egrets
My poor husband was peacefully enjoying a smoke on the porch in the early morning and spotted some large white birds walking in the pasture with the cows. They were at a good distance and without binoculars in hand, he was not sure what kind of birds they were. We later got them in our…
Read MoreRows and Stories
Planting a garden is a lot like building a plot for a story. You first smooth everything out, fertilize, work your soil, germinate ideas, plow things up, pullout rocks and sticks and set the rows. Then you start planting, mindful of what helps and what hurts, where you put things last year and always considering…
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