The Power of Questions
The snow I've been waiting for came in the night, blanketing the draw like a heavenly benediction, trimming the trees in flawless lace. I think it's still coming down, in tiny flakes, but it's still too dark to see.I guess because we're getting close to the end of...
One Thing Led to Another
As many of you know, I usually blog early in the morning, right after I've finished my journaling, and before I start the day's writing quota. Today, I had some documents to sign, which required a trip to the other end of town, and once that was finished...well, it...
Traveler and Other Blessings
Traveler's ETA is sometime this weekend. I'm sure looking forward to his arrival, though there will be the usual jockeying for position in the herd. Coco, the head mare, likes to make it known that she's in charge! You'd think, watching those old movies and TV shows,...
Thanksgiving on the Triple L
I have so much to be grateful for this year. Yes, it was the year my beloved dad went over the river to rest among the trees, to paraphrase Stonewall Jackson's dying words. But I am still grateful--because his passing was graceful and relatively pain free, because he...
We admitted we were powerless over horses….
Step one for the horse-addicted. A new member of the family, Traveler, will be arriving this weekend, God willin' and the creek don't rise. (Yes, I'm naming him for Robert E Lee's intrepid steed, Traveller. Just decided to go with one L. Those Civil War books I'm...
Bird in the Fridge
It's Thanksgiving week already--I can't believe it! We have a great deal to be thankful for around here, as you might imagine. A new barn for the horses and the staff house under construction, just to name a few. All the critters are thriving, as are the people. Since...
First Snow of the Season
It snowed during the night--just a skiff--but as I write this, I'm looking out over the snowy draw and looking forward to more of the white stuff. We put salt licks out for the deer and moose, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of them jumped the pasture fence to...
Another Horse????
Yep. I've got my eye on a little paint, located for me by my excellent brother, Jerry, who knows his horses. I don't even know the critter's name yet, but one look at his picture and I said to myself, "He's the one for me." Four of my horses, Buck, Banjo, Skye and...
I THINK I’m Awake!
I'm a sleepyhead today--woke up late. Almost done with the current writing project, and boy am I loving the story. This is my book, "A McKettrick Christmas", and next year at this time, you'll be reading it. (I hope.) The story features a grown-up Lizzie, Holt's...
That Train Keeps A-Rollin’
Have I ever mentioned that I live close to the railroad tracks? Well, not THAT close. But I hear the train going by at all hours of the day and night, and now that I'm used to it, I find it a comforting sound. When that lonesome whistle blows, distant and plaintive in...
Sunshine and Collage
We're enjoying beautiful, sunny weather in Spokane today. It's cold, but so clear and crisp outside! This is why I love eastern Washington state--we get our share of overcast weather, to be sure, but mostly, the sun shines. As I always say, here you can be up to your...
The Vigil Keepers
It's almost trite, because it's been true so long. Freedom isn't free. People have paid for it, for over two centuries now, with life and limb, heart and blood, hopes and dreams. The things we enjoy every day of our lives, folks, have been bought for us, by the brave...