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| Look hard and you'll find a tiny picture of Ruth Ann Feild's face somewhere on the art quilts she creates — several of which can be found around town. more... | |
| “I have no sentimental attachment to this farm,” so said my dad as he prepared to move into his new house in town. | |
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The seventh annual Rural Women in Ag Conference, held this year for the first time at the Spearfish Canyon Lodge. The format also changed a bit in that the conference was shorter than in years past. |
| Country boys tend to turn into men a little early. Instead of spending their afternoons loafing at the mall or playing games at an arcade, they are feeding and tending to livestock, cutting and bailing hay and mending fences. And that is after a full day... | |
| “Back when I was a kid ...” are words that make everyone groan. Invariably the person saying them is an “old timer” who tells tales of heroism and hardship. They remember butchering hogs in the winter, boiling their clothes in a... | |
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Pretty, second-grade school teacher, Leah Reynolds, welcomed us to her 6-1/2-acre Loma ranch, where she and husband, Dan, raise a herd of alpacas, in addition to their younger son, who is a junior at Fruita Monument High School. A freshman son at Mesa... |
| We mothers sometimes get the idea that we are indispensable. When others try to help — our husband, kids, hired hands or friends — we have a hard time delegating jobs. But sometimes, we have no choice. A few weeks ago, I was recuperating from... | |
| In rural areas, roads can mean anything from state highways to trails through cow pastures. | |
| It gives me some kind of twisted satisfaction to know that other rancher women who end up in difficult situations sometimes devise girly solutions. | |
| Most of us have had the experience of a friend or neighbor dying, and we have wondered what to do. The common first reaction is to cook food — comfort food — and trot it over to the family. | |
| Privacy is a precious commodity. If you live in the country you don't expect neighbors to build so close you can see the spinach caught in their teeth. Sometimes, communication is non-verbal. | |
| Before I married and had children, my yellow Lab, Honey, was more than a pet to me. She was a best friend, a daughter, and a playmate all rolled into one. She went with me to work every day and slept on my bed every night. She retrieved sticks, balls,... | |
| It is strange how technology has changed us. I've been encouraged, especially by a handful of high school classmates, to sign up for Facebook. Their reason? It will help us to stay in touch better and to find out what everyone is doing. For years... | |
| Death is the tragic but unavoidable side of raising animals. Maybe I haven't been ranching long enough to develop a protective callous around my heart. Maybe I'm not practical enough to realize that death is part of that great “circle... | |
| When the phone rings at one in the morning, it is startling, but when it's your daughter-in-law who is one week shy of nine months pregnant, it is exciting. She called to have me come the mile and a half to their home to stay with the five and... | |
| My son looks forward to celebrating the Fourth of July all year. He starts bugging me to stop at the local firework stand the minute they open up in mid June. Unfortunately, his 14 year old body has been hard at work growing lots of things, but not many... | |
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