Have you ever had one of those days where the sun is shining, there’s nothing pressing on your schedule, your family is safe and home and together and the possibilities on how to spend your w...
We headed to a rodeo in our town a few weeks ago. The blizzard that was forecast hadn’t fully set in yet, and so we put on our going to town boots, I curled the girls’ hair for under their �...
https://veederranch.com/2024/04/03/trick-rider-or-bronc-rider/
Rosie, my five-year-old, fell off her horse for the first time a few weeks ago. I made plans to drive my oldest and her best friend to bible camp for the day and so my husband took Rosie on a …...
Today it’s raining. Not a winter rain, but a true spring rain, one that smells like dirt turning to mud, one that lingers to soak the ground, not a lick of wind, it feels warm even though it’...
And now a true story about what it’s like being me trying to be a ranch hand and a housewife and why I may need to start shopping for khakis and a house in the suburbs. The scene: Going with �...
https://veederranch.com/2021/09/28/why-im-moving-to-the-suburbs/
Waiting on the Sun Forum Communication My husband stopped the pickup last week as another spring snowstorm came rolling over the horizon. He stopped along the road where the horses were working o...
Like the animals of winter Last week, I went out into the winter. I squeezed into my long underwear, pulled on layers, tied my scarf around my neck, made sure my wool cap covered my ears and zipp...
Old photo brings back proud horse show memories from childhood Forum Communications It’s 4-H Week in McKenzie County and I spent yesterday afternoon talking with 4-Hers about the photographs th...
Hoofbeats and paw prints and measuring time My husband used to have a big yellow dog that would pull him around town on his Rollerblades. Young, strong and full of heart, the two of them flew thr...
https://veederranch.com/2018/08/13/hoofbeats-and-paw-prints-and-measuring-time/
Well, we’re officially deep into fall, which means roundup season around here where we work on getting the cattle doctored and the calves weaned and ready for the sales barn. Because we calved ...