Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

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  • Matthew 6:32

  • A Ranchwife’s Slant is To Be a Part of South Dakota Festival of Books!

      This year the South Dakota Festival of Books is going to be held in Sioux Falls. The annual event is alternately hosted in Deadwood or Sioux Falls. Now that I have a book available, I am super excited to be involved as an exhibitor this year selling my first anthology of columns plus photos…

  • Calf Daycare

    This is a pretty common scene in the morning at feeding time one cow with a passel of calves. Even though it may look to some people that this cow had all those calves, she’s actually just the babysitter. All the mothers of these calves went to feed. Art and I joke about this scene when we…

  • It’s Officially Released!

    It’s been a long haul; spending every free moment when I wasn’t writing, chasing, feeding, or checking cows, to work on this book. It’s been the cause of numerous sleepless nights and mornings up at three or four a.m. to squeeze in extra time, pressure to put forth my absolute best, and the occasional family,…

  • Birde Lover

    When I saw a bumper sticker that said, Have you hugged your kid today? I couldn’t help but think that’s a no-brainer but did consider whom I haven’t hugged lately. After contemplating those I’ve neglected, I realized the kids’ babysitter needs a lot more appreciative squeezes from me. I don’t know of any ranch family…

  • Signs of Summer

    After a long Black Hills South Dakota winter, the thought of spring seems like a dream and summer an illusion. Too many times we’ve been fooled by wonderful spring weather only to get clobbered by a late spring snowstorm to remind us that Mother Nature’s in charge of when it’s spring and summer. That’s why…

  • My Blogging Schedule

     In case you’re unaware of my blogging schedule, I’ve picked different topics for each day of the week to focus on. My blogging goal has been to entertain and inform readers about agriculture, the beef industry, South Dakota and rural life. If you can’t remember, it’s posted on my “About Amy” page . I don’t…

  • Man’s Best Soap

    My most recent column is about Lava soap. I give a humorous perspective on Lava, or man soap as I refer to it in my column. I had originally planned to do a blog post about Lava soap but came up with enough material that I decided to use it for a column. It should…

  • Garbage Day

    I found the perfect man for me when I met my husband. He agreed to be my garbage man. This was a deciding factor in accepting his marriage proposal. Taking the garbage out has never been my thing. Before we got married we established an unwritten pre-nup: I would do the dishes and he would…

  • Lessons from Going to the NFR

    A trip to Las Vegas in 1998 for the National Finals Rodeo was an educational experience for my husband and me. May our lessons help other couples in planning their trip to the NFR.  Lesson #1 Get pre-conditioned to sleep deprivation, overstimulation, and being inseparable. My spouse and I weren’t used to total togetherness, going…