Giving Thanks

A Tom Turkey, Showing Off

We sat as a family the other day, feasting on roast turkey and apple-sausage dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, pumpkin pie and ice cream. The meal that whispers of family and tradition through the smells and tastes we’ve experienced in November of every year, for a lifetime. The scent of [...]

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The River Grief

John’s dad passed away on the international day of peace, at least according to my pocket calendar. We were blessed to spend the last three weeks with him, staying in his home and focusing on his wants and needs for those few precious days. He departed this life surrounded by his four children, here in [...]

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If we succeed or fail it is only us, and relief at not employing anyone.

I just finished a post on the old www.blogduderanch.com blog for Rock Springs Ranch about visiting the lodge to see the finished remodel during an open house there last week. If you are curious about what changes they made, you can read a bit about it there. Many of the changes are upgrades we talked [...]

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On creating something new

It’s been fun, creating something from the beginning. I managed the website for Rock Springs Guest Ranch, and worked with photographers to get the shots I wanted for the site and the marketing materials I put together. But that was all a very small part of my time, squeezed in here and there. Now [...]

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New Adventures for the Gills

A new blog. We are making a new start in so many other ways, it is also time for me to make a new blog to go with our new adventures. Having sold Rock Springs Guest Ranch last fall, we began dreaming about what we would most like to do with our lives. We decided [...]

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