Dear Reader, I didn’t think that it was possible for a place to be so cold and then become so hot. Yesterday the thermometer on the car said 105 Fahrenheit. Thankfully we got our A/C fixed the week before it got really hot. In a way the heat here is easier to deal with without … Continue reading Just Summer
Dear Reader, I have been in South Dakota for 2 months. When you first move to a new place you are only thinking about the new and exciting things. You think that you have left your old life behind and you have an entirely new personality. New habits, new friends and new adventures. But at … Continue reading New Places and Faces
Dear Reader, The first full week in South Dakota has been as rolling as the hills that surround our house. The first two days that I was here were relatively warm and windy, I woke up the first morning and it was 67 degrees in the house which was really cold for this Florida girl, … Continue reading It’s the Little Things
Dear Reader, I am still here. I’m still a rancher’s daughter with big dreams, lots of books, and too much coffee. A little older, a little more acquainted with the grief of this world, and more appreciative of the beauty in it. It’s been quite a year with a lot of changes. Some a long … Continue reading Different Places, New Faces, Same Me
Dear Reader, July and August weather can be under appreciated, especially if you live in Florida—and even more so if you love fall. It can be hard to appreciate the moment you are living in when it feels like everything is melting—quite literally. I have a car freshener made out of scent beads that just … Continue reading Goodbye Summer
Dear Reader, Everyone has a different norm, and we tend to find other people’s norm fascinating, even though in the grand scheme of things it’s really not that interesting. Growing up, some kids thought that it was amazing that I had my own bottle calf that I raised, which is out of the norm for … Continue reading Relatively Normal
Dear Reader, Christmas seems like just a short while ago and an eternity ago. I put the last of the decorations in the church office away last week. (I like to leave out the manager scene until Three Kings Day.), but there are still wax stains on some of the pews as stubborn little reminders … Continue reading New Year, Slower You
When people think of Christmas for the rancher’s daughter, they often think of the many Christmas movies that revolve around the rancher’s family finding the Christmas spirit and keeping secrets on the ranch. There might be a pony kept hidden in the barn until Christmas morning, or an emergency with the animals on Christmas Eve. … Continue reading Christmas Memories
From the Rancher's Daughter's Desk 