The Mother Ranch Blog

A couple of weeks ago I started a new painting and as I go through the stages of painting, I’m being reminded in every studio session about “the ugly stage.” The words themselves are roiling around in...

My Mom's physical body is gone but she's all around me. I don't want to write about it and also I want to write about only it. Which means I do something else. Like organizing a drawer, cleaning a clo...

PRINT #1: Infinity Blue

Infinity Blue, acrylic, 20"x60"

This painting took me to unexpected places that I didn't, at the time, understand. Why was I feeling sadness, joy, frustration, silliness,...

The funeral was yesterday. It was a beautiful service, with a ton of people who loved her and Mom was all around us. I know she loved it so much ❤️ I'll be back soon. I love you all and appreciate a...

Dear friends,

I feel all your love and prayers and energy pulsing all around us today (Friday) as we hold space for Mom's transition. Thank you all and keep it coming. I have so very many amazing sto...

I was 8 and my brother Michael was 3 and my awesome mom took us out of school to go see the first Star Wars! What parent does that? My mom! I remember her quietly reading to my brother, "A long time a...

Last weekend B-Rad and ManChild went to Chicago for a family wedding while I held down the farm. (We really need an adult stay-on-the-farm-sitter so we can go to these things together!) They both got ...

I started off the week by heading out to the pasture for morning chores and was greeted by a squinty-eyed Piper the goat! What in the world? Some sort of weird infection? A piece of hay in her eye? I ...

Here's what's on my easel this week:

Ooooo, it's BIG! 5' tall to be exact! My easel really isn't built for that size and only goes down so low so I'm using a stool to get to the top lol

I knew I w...

Happy Saturday!

Farms mark the seasons differently from other homes. I know fall is here because Sweetness the mini donkey's big, bushy eyebrows start growing in fast, the horses Rayn and Wynter are ...