Author Archives: madranchwife

I love that, no matter how many years are passing by at an alarming rate of speed, some things stay the same. Gracelyn has done this since we moved in down here and strung up the clothesline.  I used to … Continue reading →

I didn’t know this was a thing. But apparently, it is.  A thing. Leap seconds. As in a leap year, but just a measly little second. It doesn’t happen very often, and has all sorts of things to do with … Continue reading →

It started like any other night.  I went to bed.  After which I was rudely awakened by the dear husband running out of the bedroom after shaking me awake.  He seemed to have mumbled something, but I was having a … Continue reading →

Our new “diet”/lifestyle has brought many positive changes to our family.  The good far outweighs the bad.  Things such as less brain fog, less actual body weight (that would be for the adults in the family), less blinding headaches (me), … Continue reading →

Don’t you just hate when you read something with all of those little apostrophe marks in all the wrong places?  Well, they’re in the correct places as far as their function, but trying to figure out how to read it, … Continue reading →

Seriously.  Really.  I am, oddly I know, rendered slightly speechless.  Did you know this?  I guess the President of the United States is about to declare Martial Law in Texas.  Yep.  You read that correctly.  Martial Law in Texas.  He’s … Continue reading →

What a beautiful morning.  I simply love sitting on the front porch listening to my gorgeous wind chimes.  I’ve had one of them since my days in Pacifica.  It’s tones take me back to that little backyard patio, the fog, … Continue reading →

All day today I’ve listened to it.  All last night I listened to it.  Just got done tonight reading about it.  And I can seriously barely contain my irritation and frustration.  So I’m pounding on the keyboard right now (sorry … Continue reading →

Sorry, no photos this morning.  I guess I could insert some file photos.  Suffice it to say we’re clawing our way back to springtime. What in the sam hello am I writing about?  It snowed here!!!  A LOT. Bless the … Continue reading →

“He made an error.  How many errors are made in an operating room every week?” queried Sheriff Stanley Glantz. Can you guess what that error was and to whom the Sheriff is referring to? One guess:  it has something to … Continue reading →