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    Here it is, the last week of 2023. It’s been a doozy in some ways but I was incredibly blessed in others. In June I got my very first granddaughter. She’s a pistol, too! Oh...

     By the time you read this column, Christmas 2023 will be in the rearview mirror. It’s just one more week until we hang up the new calenders for 2024 and start messing up the date...

Some years ago on Christmas Eve, while we were snug in bed, I thought I heard a noise outside, so strange, sleep quickly fled. I nudged Hubby and he said, “Yes I heard it to...

    It’s been unseasonably warm so far this month. I’m okay with that. My Dad always said that December was the best time for a drought on the northern plains. A brown Christmas would be fine...

    When did December sneak in on us? I feel like there must have been some months missing out of my calendar this year. Fall went particularly fast for some reason. My late Uncle...

      Thanksgiving is behind us and now it’s on to the next big holiday. Retailers, of course, have had Christmas stuff out since October. I prefer one holiday at a time and that they wait in...

   How in the world is it already Thanksgiving in a few days? I swear, it was just June 2007. My family will be gathering at my brother and sister-in-law’s house, as we have for...

     What a difference a week makes! It’s a beautiful fall day here. Last week is was black ice, snow and wind. The roads were so bad last week that I canceled selling calves....

     The weather changed so fast yesterday that it about made my head spin. Went from nice to nasty in about 30 seconds at my place! Makes a person wonder what they did with their summer...

      Fall works are progressing along nicely, what with the mostly nice weather we’ve had. My cows are on their fall and winter pasture, calves preconditioned and consigned and cow preg checked. It’s good to have...