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“Buffalo fence” Farm Life 101: Thing I’ve learned since marrying the rancher’s son.
To me “a buffalo fence” is a very funny farm term. The first time I heard it, I thought it meant building an extraordinarily strong fence to contain the cows. My father-in-law chuckled. He seems to do that a lot … Continue reading
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Keys to a happy marriage: Things I wish I would have known when I was fifteen.
When I married my husband thirteen years ago, my mother offered this advice: Never speak negatively about your spouse to anyone. For while you will surely be quick to forgive and move on from your disagreements, those you’ve told, will … Continue reading
“Yep, this one’s mine.”
In the movie Tangled, is a horse named Maximus. The animal may have four legs, but his behavior matches my youngest child to a tee. Just as Maximus allows others to ride him when he feels like it, my strong-willed son allows … Continue reading
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The make-believe land of free: Things I wish I would have known when I was fifteen.
I signed my son up for kindergarten this week knowing he needed two more shots before school started in August. Of course, when the school nurse and her assistant saw his immunization card they told me the same thing. I … Continue reading
The new neighbor: It’s not a foreign country. It’s a small town!
Having grown up in a small town, I had blogged about their foreignness on a few occasions. Now, more than a decade later, I find myself living in one all over again. As a bona fide, converted city slicker, I … Continue reading
Leaving Las Vegas
On Friday, my husband drove our family out of the Las Vegas Valley for the final time. All our worldly possessions were already packed and gone, on their way to our new home in Wyoming, yet I kept craning my … Continue reading
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Soul Mates: Things I wish I would have known when I was fifteen.
I recently had a conversation with a young woman on soul mates. Her talk of finding that “one soul mate made for her” worried me. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in marriage and wish for every young woman to … Continue reading
The Mysterious Stuff
I don’t know about you, but I find moving to be an exhausting, pain-in-the-butt experience. The phone calls, the emails, the checking and rechecking dates just to get ourselves from point A to B takes an enormous amount of coordinating. … Continue reading
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Kissing Post: Things I wish I would have known when I was fifteen.
In writing, there’s a saying. “Exclamation points are a lot like printing money; the more you make, the less they’re worth!!!!!!!!” This theory of diluted value by overuse or excess is even true in our everyday lives. Just think about … Continue reading
Me and my compartments
“You write, have a daycare, constantly volunteer in your community. Yet, your house is clean and you seem so put together. How do you do it?” People have asked me on more than one occasion. “If they only knew,” I … Continue reading
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Janelle Evans 