Little Pasture on the Prairie

There’s probably no animal on our ranch I’ve written about more than Mama Cat. For one thing, she’s been here almost as long as I have. For another, before her arrival we had a hard time keeping barn cats on the ranch.

Stray Thoughts: Anticipation

It starts around this time of year. I get tired all the time; more tired than I should be. More tired than I can attribute to anything I’ve done. So I rest more…much more than should be healthy. Along with my exhaustion comes the hunger.

Ask, then act

One summer during my college years, I had a roommate who suffered from suicidal thoughts. She’d attempted suicide before we met, and been hospitalized, but continued to struggle.

Stray Thoughts: Less and More

The older I get, the more I seem to want both less and more. Less time wasted in pointless conversations outside of work. Less mind-numbing drama at work. Less politics. Less time explaining what intelligent people should know by now. Less time at clinics and hospitals.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

The big pickle jar is packed with sharp, spicy smells, and bobbing green pickles. Garlic and pepper corns float along the surface of the brine, while the slender brown stems of dill lay stuffed beneath the cucumbers.

Your Reality

These two: Thoughts and Words have gotten you where you are today. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” ~ Proverbs 23.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

Autumn is nearly here, its full splendor peeking out from around the edges of the last hot days.

Making giving a habit

(From Inspirational Corner on KLND 89.5 FM or www.klnd895.com Thursdays at noon MT) Are you a Giver or you are more on the Takers side? I tell you it is more blessed to receive than to take. Giving is an outpouring, it opens up your spirit to receive too.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” So says every serious kitchen gardener come September.

“Keeping on the sunny side of life”

After a visit about aches, pains and various medical issues, a patient was commenting on getting older. Similar to other patients, I expected him to say something like, “It’s no fun getting older.” To my surprise, the patient said, “I’m 85. That means I have a lot to be thankful for.