Author Archives: madranchwife

I really don’t even know where to go first.  There is SO much out there.  I guess I’ll just start slinging some words around and see what sticks.  Sounds like an educated way to do business, right? OK.  First up … Continue reading →

Yep–me and Governor Pence got something in common.  Not much.  But it’s something.  I feel the need to clarify.  Though, truth be told, his clarification last week of the ridiculous bill in Indiana deeming it basically ok to discriminate state … Continue reading →

I highly suggest you head on over to http://www.stonekettlestation.com and peruse the latest post.  Absolutely, downright, without-a-doubt, knee-slapping, falling-out-of-your-chair and rolling-on-the-floor, side-splitting hilarity. Well.  Let me preface the above endorsement with the caveat that if you’re a dyed-in-the-wool, true-blue Christian, … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s “spring walk” netted us some real treasures!  Some I was able to capture, others you’ll have to take my word for.  Like the ginormous moose tracks up behind the house.  HUGE.  Holy moses they were big.  At first I … Continue reading →

This concerns me in so many ways that it’s going to take a bit for me to untangle the jumbled mass my cerebral cortex has become as a result of the cogitations and ruminations on one certain, infamous (and NOT … Continue reading →

From the book “Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus, 2014” by David Quammen which is an excerpt from his 2012 book “Spillover:” “We live on a complicated planet, rich organisms of vast diversity, including viruses, all … Continue reading →

It’s snowing. I know, right? And blowing.  Basically snowing and blowing now for several hours.  Like a little blizzard or something.  It actually looks like winter out there. And I do NOT know why I am so bloody shocked. I … Continue reading →

Or something like that. Meaning, one who wishes for lots and lots of snow in an area of the country where there is lots and lots of dirt, should know damn good and well that once the temperature begins to … Continue reading →

Yep.  Now we’re cookin’ with gas. I realize it’s not the 8 feet that Boston’s gotten in the last several weeks, but it’s a mite bit more than the 2 inches Anchorage has had in the same time period.  So, … Continue reading →

At the end of February.  But we’re not complaining.  No sirreee bob.  Nuh-uh.  No way jose.  We are happy.  HAPPY!  Happy, happy, happy.  Joy, joy, happy, happy.  Happy dance, happy dance. OK, maybe that’s a little heavy on the happiness … Continue reading →