The Mother Ranch Blog

In the world of fine art, the rule of thumb when an artist is working out a new style, is not to paint portraits of people you love. Since you know them in intimate detail, you're harder on yourself a...

My brother came this week and we navigated a lot of grief-y stuff together. We had a dinner with my Dad and his new fiancé (which brings a lot of emotions of course—at least she is truly a lovely huma...

Happy Springy Saturday Friends!

Funny things happen to me all the time: Last Friday I was coming home from getting takeout and when I parked the truck I found a tree frog sitting on my hood. It was d...

It's the weekend and I'm feeling better!

This was a tough week. We hit the 5 month mark this week—5 months since Mom crossed over. I was just starting to feel like I had gotten over the hump but no. ...

By the time you read this, I'll be in Pittsburgh visiting my brother! I'm heading out Wednesday, April 5th and will be back on Sunday. I need it after this weekend. ManChild and B-Rad took a short tri...

I was driving ManChild to school this week and asked him if they have pep rallies.

ManChild: I don't even know what that is...

Me: The whole school goes to the gym and the cheerleaders are cheering-...

This week I saw this awesome video of Drew Barrymore having her first hot flash on Jennifer Aniston's tv show (I didn't even know she had a show!) So, today I thought I'd talk about menopause 💃🏼🕺🏽 If ...

First of all, let's do a little close up of the picture above. Look at Denali!

Second, today is the first Fairy House Workshop! I'm excited to meet all the new people!

I'm working on a new habit. ...

9 years ago I went through a strange spree: I baked ridiculously decadent cupcakes (that were secretly gluten free.) I gave them away to everyone I knew and even people I didn’t. It was glorious! If y...