The Mother Ranch Blog

As I was talking about communication in yesterday's post I started thinking about our first experiences in a tandem whitewater canoe. Brad and I met whitewater kayaking—I took him down his...

Brad and I are designing a pole barn in our back pasture. We've been talking about it since we moved here but now we are in the serious stage. We're talking to our neighbors, have chosen someone to...

Guess what today is?! The very first day, 14 years ago, that I laid eyes and hands on my sweet baby boy in Ethiopia!

I cry every single time I see...

My new farm came with a lamp post. I didn't think anything about it until late one night when I looked outside and saw it glowing and was immediately transported into my 8 year old body reading...

I came home from my trip yesterday to find ManChild with a cold, or what we hope is a cold. Home covid test is negative and we are waiting to hear back from the other. So I'm quarantined in our...

I woke up this morning to the sound of snow plows and snow blowers across the street, guess where I am? Pittsburgh! This week I'm visiting my brother Michael and his partner Nic. They also moved in...

We've all felt the day to day "pandemic anxiety"—where we worry when we see a grocery shelf go bare, about school, our kid's social lives, our social lives, which variant is around the...

I have a mouse-in-the-house story for you—eeeeeeeck!

I have a new Facebook friend (hi Alli!) and this week she posted this awesome pic of her favorite cow, her spirit animal she calls Mother...

This week a woman and her boyfriend came to pick up the giclee print she won in one of my weekly giveaways, she happened to live in town so she got to come visit the farm.

While visiting the...

14 year old ManChild wanders out into living room, eyes big: Uh...I was leaving my bedroom door open so my room would be warmer and a mouse just ran in.

Me: WHAAAAAAT???

Brad just grins and keeps...