Author Archives: Kelsey

11-11-2015 in Either Country

There are lots of important things on my mind today, ranging from politics to religion to the differences between Veteran’s Day, Armistice Day, and Remembrance Day.  But there is one thing that is by far more personal and important to … Continue reading

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September Thoughts and a Trip to Colorado

The weather outside is frightful, and the fire inside is delightful!  Today it poured down rain, early on, the tapered off very slowly till afternoon, when it finally quit and the clods broke, revealing snow on the tops of the … Continue reading

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We Need a Wood Stove

http://www.gofundme.com/jb2s5xc8  <<<<  Link to our GoFundMe site!  I have set up a GoFundMe for our wood stove.  Financially, we are not in the shape to go get one ourselves, but given the way our heating bills have tended to run … Continue reading

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Kiry’s Front Page Photo!

Today the paper included an article with a photo of my Kirynie on the front cover.  Okay, so it is a small town paper.  Does it count that it is the town of the one and only Napoleon Dynamite?  There … Continue reading

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Working On The Farm

I have been busy with so many things around here that it’s hard to guess where to begin with telling about it all.  The kids are a handful as always, and keeping them fed and clothed and clean and educated, … Continue reading

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The Gracious Lies

I was graciously lied to as a child.  I was told that I was fortunate to have been born in the greatest country on Earth.  I was born in the shining city on a hill, the beacon of hope, the … Continue reading

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Saturnalia

As the end of the year approaches, we are no between the Solstice and the end of the calendar year, when it is time to wrap things up and start out fresh  for the next year.  When I was a … Continue reading

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Autumnal Activities

Have you ever asked a rhetorical question?  It is a question that doesn’t require an answer.  I have sat down to my keyboard so many times since my last post and felt like I was asking myself to write the … Continue reading

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Robin Williams 1951-2014

I don’t know squat about Robin Williams, apart from what I have seen of his work onscreen, his standup routines, and interviews with the likes of Johnny Carson, as well as hearsay passed from those who knew him.  His personal … Continue reading

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Redecorating the Dining Room

This morning I got out of bed, shut off the irrigation at 6:00AM, and came back and started taking the drop ceiling out of the dining room.  That made the room feel so much bigger than before!  Then after missus … Continue reading

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