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How a dog’s life measures time by Jessie Veeder Forum Communications http://www.inforum.com The first year my husband and I got married, we lived in the little house in the barnyard where my da...

https://veederranch.com/2017/04/17/how-a-dogs-life-measures-time/

Signs of spring come earlier for the experts by Jessie Veeder 4-9-17 Forum Communications http://www.inforum.com The first calf of the year was born on the Veeder Ranch last week. That afternoon ...

https://veederranch.com/2017/04/11/spring-from-the-experts/

Here’s a picture of a baby goat. A kid, if you will. Here’s a picture of a human kid showing another kid a pen full of kids. So many kids. It’s all really too adorable. But that’s pret...

https://veederranch.com/2017/02/23/goat-kids-and-kid-kids/

Yesterday afternoon, when Husband came home from work I escaped. Yeah. I said it. Escaped. That’s the right word.  Some days around here are easier than others, and I think this baby is gettin...

https://veederranch.com/2016/09/09/a-heavy-dose-of-escape/

I grow vegetables. Vegetables attract bugs. Bugs attract frogs. Frogs eat bugs. I like bug-less vegetables so I like these frogs. So I don’t mind when I wear my shortyshorts to the garden and...

https://veederranch.com/2016/08/30/the-law-of-the-land-and-other-gruesome-truths/

Coming Home: Building good days a gift in this unpredictable life by Jessie Veeder 7-24-16 InForum http://www.inforum.com Bad days. Good days. Out here on the ranch, for some reason, I like to de...

https://veederranch.com/2016/07/25/building-good-days/

Pops turned 60 on Tuesday. A few weeks ago we had a big birthday party for him, complete with noodle salads and dessert, music on the porch, BYOB and a big board of embarrassing photos his sister...

https://veederranch.com/2016/06/03/an-old-story/

Well, it seems to be a baby boom at the Veeder Ranch, and I tell you, I can’t get enough. On December 29th, just in time for the weather to get good and cold, dad’s dog Juno gave birth to …...

https://veederranch.com/2016/01/21/puppy-boom/

Whew. We made it through the holiday! I hope you’re all feeling the same way we are here–a little bigger in the waistline, a little haggard from all the merriment and happy for time spent wit...

https://veederranch.com/2016/01/04/sunday-column-on-instincts/

We’re quickly coming to the end of another season out here on the ranch.  School has officially started and my friends are posting “first day of school” photos of their kids, some sending ...

https://veederranch.com/2015/08/24/sunday-column-goodbye-old-friend/