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Winter visited us again this past weekend, but spring teased us a bit the week before, so we know it can happen. This got me thinking about spring cleanup and all the little relics that are often...

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Do you know what it takes to get out of the great white north in March? Ask anyone who tried it the past couple weeks of spring break and they will tell you it was an act of God. Some … Continu...

https://veederranch.com/2023/03/28/prairie-people-hit-the-beach/

My husband took the kids to school recently to save me some time to finish up work and get ready for a singing job out of town. He took my car (because the less transfer of car seats in our … C...

https://veederranch.com/2023/01/12/the-happy-to-mentality-might-be-the-key-to-marital-success/

It’s a snow day at the ranch and all the roads in ND are closed. So while all the kids were in the house, I sat down to chat with my little sister, Alex, about parenting five year olds and … ...

https://veederranch.com/2022/12/14/this-is-five/

My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last week. There aren’t many photos of their simple backyard wedding day around the ranch, just a few tucked inside old photo albums among s...

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Dear Husband, Last weekend when we were heading across the North Dakota, Montana borderline. Looking out the windows as the landscape turned from badlands to plains, we admired the green grass an...

https://veederranch.com/2022/07/06/on-marriage-and-montana/

The Vows and Working CowsForum Communications Do you know what almost 16 years of marital bliss looks like? It looks like yelling at each other in the wind across the cow pasture because 1) you d...

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There is a hill on the ranch that is completely covered in tiger lilies. My little sister went on a ride with Dad and they discovered them, a scattering of bright orange petals opening up to the ...

https://veederranch.com/2021/07/06/tiny-perfect-things/

My favorite people in the whole wide worldForum Communications Today Edie, who is 5, told me that Rosie, her little sister, who is 3, is her favorite person in the whole world. It was in a moment...

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Where we float Forum Communications Recently, I loaded the girls up in the car for an impromptu trip to the shore of Lake Sakakawea, where my husband was finishing up a carpentry job on a cabin. ...

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