Sadie-beagle is starting her exercise program today--water aerobics! She's gotten a little porky over the past several years, as many of you know--and 'a little' is putting it mildly. She's a sociable little critter, though, and enjoys getting into the truck and going...

It's sunny out, and the snow is melting away. Most of the roads are clear. Hallelujah!My stepmother tells me there is a nice ad in the February/March issue of "American Cowboy" for the Creed books! Now that's exciting--I'm picking up a copy today!I'm hitting the road...

Times are tough out there, but we can DO this.Collectively, we are the descendents of great people like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and many more. As a student of American history, I can tell you that we have faced much, much greater...

Yes! It's been raining, and some of the snow has melted away. If it doesn't get too cold, we won't have ice.Someday, I'll be an old-timer, telling tall tales about the winter of ought-8. "The snow was SO deep, it was over the horses' heads" or "You could walk straight...

It's still dark, but I think there's more snow out there. :)Sadie is having some problems with arthritis and a stiff hind-leg, so I'm taking her to see the vet this morning. She's back on her diet--no more random treats, no more people food. She's adjusting, sweet...

We had another four or five inches of snow in the night, but there's light at the end of the tunnel (I hope it isn't an oncoming train), as we should get rain tomorrow and that will wash away a lot of this. By next weekend, it should be dry.I continue to take my meds,...

The snow just keeps coming, but I'm learning to be more philosophical about it. 🙂 Talk about your control-freak--I've been trying to resist the weather. As if I could change it!Spokane had over five feet of snow, and that's just for December. I'm just getting to the...

The support emails that have been coming in since yesterday's blog have really helped.Regarding smoking again, my brother Jerry said, "Remember, failure isn't failure unless you don't plan on trying again." Isn't that great?My sister Sally and her intrepid husband Jim...

That I would tell you the truth.I'm smoking again.As the song says, "Life ain't easy for a boy named Sue." And it's not easy for the rest of us, either.Without making excuses, I can only say that due to a series of personal disappointments--all of them relatively...

Here's wishing each and every one of you the merriest, safest, most wonderful Christmas possible.Enjoy.

But it's also beautiful.The other morning, I was writing away in my journal, here at the kitchen table, and caught a flurry of movement at the edge of my vision. Lo and behold, four of my horses dashed by, through the 18-inch snowfall, and they were a breathtaking...

I know a lot of people make jokes about the Christmas letters they receive, tucked inside a cheerful card, but I happen to love them. I like to read the story of that family's year--the graduations, the trips, the accomplishments, the moves. The best ones include...