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Where My Mother-in-Law Grew Up
Marlboro Man, the kids, Tim, his kids, and the cowboys got up at 3:30 Tuesday morning in order to drive over an hour away to work cattle. I also got up at 3:30 Tuesday morning, not because I was going...
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Walter in the Parsley
First, a few housekeeping matters: 1. My Food Network show premieres tomorrow. 2. It comes on at 11:30 am, unless you live in the middle of the country. Then it comes on at 10:30 am. If you live on the...
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Tea, a Drink With Jam and Bread
The title of this post has nothing to do with this post. Except for the jam part. It’s just that eventually, everything comes back to The Sound of Music. Here’s what I sing when I tell my daughters...
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It’s All Relative
Neither Marlboro Man nor I has any desire ever to build a new house. Gutting and re-doing The Lodge a few years ago completely satisfied, probably for a lifetime, any urge either of us might have had...
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Thank Our Troops (Results Posted!)
Photo by Joie de Vivre Photography. Today, for obvious reasons, I’ve got our troops on the brain. A couple of years ago, I held a “Coming Home” photography assignment over on PW Photography. The...
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New Summer Looks
I’m on Pinterest now. Well, I’ve been on Pinterest for awhile. But I never really got it…until something awakened inside of me recently. And suddenly, out of the blue, I’m Pinteresting like crazy,...
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A Monday Morning List
Happy Monday, my friends! I have a list for you. 1. Later this week, I’m going on a mini-Charlie book tour. Or is that a Charlie mini-book tour? I never can get that straight. And when you think...
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Goodbye
My beautiful, precious grandmother Ga-Ga died yesterday morning. I wrote about her hands a few years ago after she came over to my house. Ga-Ga’s Hands I loved her hands. Ga-Ga was a teacher. A...
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Kitty on the Ice
Our orange-and-cream striped kitty He is so very nice But late one day last weekend He walked upon the ice. The kids yelled Kitty Kitty! Be careful! You’ll fall through! But Kitty said, No...
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Peace, Love, and High-Waisted Jeans
A few small things this morning: 1. Our Christmas tree is still up! I have successfully failed to take it down several times over the past week. “Successfully failed” is my new favorite phrase....
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Like That Scene in Working Girl
We arrived in Vail yesterday afternoon, and during the course of the next couple of hours, the rest of the family trickled in. It was so fun once everyone arrived; we all just looked at one another...
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Ain’t Got No Power
Marlboro Man and I were in bed last night (I believe that’s the first time I’ve ever written that phrase in the history of this website. Don’t worry! Read on…) and were fifteen minutes away from the...
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A Friday List
1. My mom is here. Last night, just after she arrived, she made a dinner of homemade mac-and-cheese, a big chopped salad, and an enormous pan of lightly steamed broccoli, because my mom has never...
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His Name is Kitten Kitten
His name is Kitten Kitten I love him; he’s so sweet. He likes to sit in planters And look for things to eat. He sees something: A critter! A bird? Maybe a mouse? Or maybe it’s a wee snake...
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Dear Pioneer Woman
Dear PW: I am 26 and got married last July to my closest friend from college. He’s an amazing guy. Unfortunately I was in love and in a relationship with someone else but marriage was not in our cards...
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Oklahoma
It’s hard to think of much else besides Oklahoma this morning. The storms were south of us and our ranch, family, and friends are just fine…but so many in our beautiful state are not. Oklahoma is...
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Memorial Day
Yesterday Marlboro Man and I drove an hour or so to see the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Honor Cottage, a beautiful getaway for veterans on Skiatook Lake here in Oklahoma. The cottage was built to be a...
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How to Dig a Post Hole
To dig a post hole, you need this. And it’s nice to have this…though many a post hole has been dug on this ranch without it. It also helps if you have some able-bodied kids… And it...
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Just a Normal Day Around Here
1. I finished my holiday cookbook. All that’s left is proofreading, editing, and cleaning my camera, which is coated in twelve holidays worth of food. It smells a little funky. 2. We hosted a...
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Fifteen Ways Marlboro Man and I Are Different
1. He likes nothing but grass all the way to the foundation of our house. I like a jungle of beautiful flowers and creeping vines. 2. He watches Nascar on Sundays. I watch Real Housewives reruns on...
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