Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

Month: April 2012

  • Ask a Professional

    When you want accurate answers to questions about such things as your health, financial investments, or automotive problems for example, you go directly to the people who can answer your questions best with facts to back them up. It’s their job to know all there is to know about their profession and you rely on…

  • The PVFD

    If I were to give you a drive by tour of Pringle, I would most definitely show you the Pringle Fire Hall. Our community might be small (pop. 125), but we do have a great fire department. Like most rural fire departments, ours is volunteer, and they’re a great group of guys. I’m sentimental about…

  • Family Reading

    Reading to my kids is something that I still haven’t outgrown, even though they have. As my kids got older and started school, I couldn’t give up the reading time I shared with them. When they were small, I read a lot of illustrated children’s books to them. Once they learned to read and began…

  • Ag United and South Dakota’s True Environmentalists

    Agriculture faces increasing scrutiny from people and organizations that are far-removed from the land and the sources of their food. Our food doesn’t come from a grocery store they’re just the distributors of it. Food comes from crops grown by hard working farming and ranching families. A lot of criticism is stemmed from lack of…

  • He Is Risen!

    Happy Easter! These three crosses are located in the northeast corner of the Pringle Cemetery. I’ve always enjoyed their presence and seeing them whenever we drive by the cemetery on the back road into Pringle. They’re situated on a hill overlooking the rest of cemetery. Pringle’s cemetery is small and tucked behind our town about…

  • The Supper Table: Nourishing a Family Tradition

    The one thing I have fought hard to keep as a tradition in my household is having meals together as a family; most especially supper. In today’s busy world, I am shocked that sitting down together as a family is not a priority with a lot of families. Many allow busy schedules to infringe on…