Creating a home on (and off) the range
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Here on Plum Prairie Ranch, my focus is on building a home. That involves caring for family, the community and ourselves. To quote the old saw, “you can’t take care of everyone else if you don’t take care of yourself.” As a person, I bring together mind, body and spirit. If I don’t care for…
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This is Part 2 of the Plum Prairie Ranch Story. If you missed Part 1, go here. Shawn and I left DFW for Kansas in the wee hours of the morning Jan. 9 to make the 400 mile drive in time for an afternoon appointment to view the Plum property and get a home…
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If you or someone you love needs to avoid gluten, you may know the challenges of baking without the magic of the binder that makes tender cakes, fluffy biscuits and flaky pie crust. I’ve learned a lot since our family started our GF journey several years ago. Read on for our story and my top…
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I belong to a huge club with many members, but every one of us would rather be someplace else. We didn’t choose this club. It chose us. I come from a family deeply scarred by mental illness. After having his own father (my grandfather) in and out of mental hospitals during his childhood, my father…
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Want the unvarnished truth about painting a front door? I’ll give you the inside scoop on the best way to complete the job and be happy with your results. Even if you’re not planning this project anytime soon, stick around. Hilarity ensues. What do a mischievous dog, hordes of mosquitoes and trick-or-treaters have in common?…
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Do you often have dirty dishes in your sink (and on your counter and table and nightstand…)? Have the individual piles of bills, important papers, coupons and catalogs grown, fallen over and merged into a frustrating mess? Are you surprised by the dog and/or cat hair tumbleweeds collecting in the corners? If you’re not (Hooray…
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We weren’t looking for a piece of prairie, but it found us all the same. Inching through stop-and-go traffic snarled on an eight-lane freeway between Dallas and Fort Worth, Shawn called his dad back home on the family farm in central Kansas to wish him a happy birthday. On this night in early December his…
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Valentine’s Day has come and gone. The day we celebrate love and candy and flowers and candy and romantic dinners and candy and cards and chocolate. Has the day left you feeling glad or sad? Like relationships, Valentine’s Day sometimes has its melancholy moments or full-on frustrations. Maybe like Charlie Brown, no one remembered you…
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It’s been more than eight weeks since my last blog post, so I’m cringing as I review my goals for 2016. One of my primary goals was to blog weekly. By that standard, epic fail. But I don’t want to focus on failure, I’d rather look at progress. In 2016, I published 22 posts. One…
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I live with a little rebel. She complains when she doesn’t get her way. She finds loopholes around the rules. She’s a poster child for asking forgiveness instead of asking permission. One of my daughters spent LOTS of time in time out. Yes, she’s the one who said, “I’ll mess with Texas if I want…
