Author Archives: madranchwife

Happy thoughts like the kind that make you laugh so hard you float up to the ceiling for a tea party with Mary Poppins and Bert and the kids. Or happy thoughts that make you fly again like Peter Banning … Continue reading →

The first bloody nose happened not long after we started dating.  But he was sincerely sorry. So I stayed. The yelling and the name-calling started not long after we became engaged.  But he was, always, sincerely sorry.  So I stayed. … Continue reading →

leg·a·cy ˈleɡəsē noun noun: legacy; plural noun: legacies 1. an amount of money or property left to someone in a will. synonyms: bequest, inheritance, heritage, endowment, gift, patrimony, settlement, birthright; formalbenefaction “a legacy from a great aunt” a thing handed down by a predecessor. “the legacy of centuries of neglect” synonyms: … Continue reading →

(Untitled) December night, warm and bright inside. Fresh arroz on the table, Peas, so delicious, make it stable. Baked pollo, spicy shrimp, outside the snowflakes fall. A large white cake, sprinkled with snowy sugar and sparkles. A happy family birthday. … Continue reading →

I am sure if I had a few extra seconds in my day I could go back through the archives of “Excerpts from the Diary of a MadRanchWife” and find words written at about this time each year, describing the … Continue reading →

These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man … Continue reading →

Usually about this time of the year I’m waxing philosophical about the creatures who come to dig holes in my yard. I pen great works about the ravages they have manifest, my struggles with attempts to convince them the grass … Continue reading →