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Drive carefully. Watch for deer. How was the drive? Is it icy? Blowing snow? Leave early. Drive slowly. Check the weather. Call me when you get there. Call me when you leave. I’ll wait up for y...

https://veederranch.com/2022/02/08/drive-careful-watch-for-deer-and-other-things-we-say-here/

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...

https://veederranch.com/2020/02/05/19987/

  If you need someone to build an ark… “We’re supposed to get 1 to 3 inches of snow today,” he whispered, his shadow looming over me as I rubbed my eyes in the dark of the early morning,...

https://veederranch.com/2019/10/09/if-you-need-someone-to-build-an-ark/

Husband and I took a break from the never-ending winter last week, dropped the kids at Nana and Papa’s and headed out on a tropical location. How we wound up in Jamaica alone when we were suppo...

https://veederranch.com/2019/03/24/how-to-go-sledding-with-2-toddlers-in-only-20-steps/

Just got in from Nashville (where it was an unseasonable 25 degrees without their “windchill”) and arrived to blowing snow and no travel advised. There’s a reason only the strong survive u...

https://veederranch.com/2019/03/06/a-real-version-of-country-living-magazine/

A lot can be said about winters up here in North Dakota, but for anyone who has lived through one (or one hundred), whether new to the area or born and raised, we all have January in common. Janu...

https://veederranch.com/2019/01/15/january-blues/

We’re in the middle of an ice storm/blizzard/no travel advisory/typical almost spring storm today. And so it looks like March is coming in like a lion, or maybe, more accurately around here, li...

https://veederranch.com/2018/03/05/gloves-muskrats-and-other-misplaced-things/

Being a mom to little kids in the great white north comes with its unique challenges. All the extra steps we need to take to go anywhere without suffering frostbite is one of them…and along wit...

https://veederranch.com/2018/01/29/january-or-mom-vs-mittens/

We’re thawing out a bit out here after a string of frozen days. Looks like the foreseeable future will be quite a few degrees above zero and that lifts our spirits a bit. I’m ready for spring...

https://veederranch.com/2017/02/09/moo/

Some old friendship keep you young. I’ve been lucky enough to grow up witnessing that phenomenon, one  adventure and mishap after another. Here’s this week’s column. The moral of the old ...

https://veederranch.com/2017/01/30/the-moral-of-the-old-friendship-story/