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Food for Thought 2008-04-04 09:15:51 I’m growing older but not up
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
Let those winds of time blow over my head
I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead
- Growing Older but Not Up - Jimmy Buffet
I think far too many people don’t celebrate life; myself included. I tend to be [...]
The Spiritual Endurance Ride 2008-04-03 09:51:47 This was given to me by one of my Christian friends just prior to my first ultra running race of 50K. To this day, it is one of my major guideposts in life.
I think one of the more challenging things for me as a spiritually is to stay in the race; to [...] Read more:Endurance
The Big “O” 2008-04-06 08:35:44 Aha… now that I got your attention, “O” for organic gardening. organic gardening is the way of growing vegetables and fruits with the use of things only found in nature. We’re blessed with having an onsight greenhouse… so our plethora of fruits and veggies is year round. Do I hear an amen? [...]
The Rules of Engagement in Montana 2008-04-05 12:00:06 Montana, “big sky country’, the “last best place”… Better know what the rules of engagement are here before you head ‘em up and move e’m out
No Montanan will ever make fun of another Montanan hat no matter how dirty or bent up it is.
Children are taught at an early age to say “Ma’am” [...] Read more:Rules
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Get Lost 2008-04-07 11:38:53 Believe it or not, there is light at the end of the “Montana Winter will never end” tunnel. Riding out more is getting to be more a reality than a *sigh* dream
So you went out for a trail ride with your horse or pony and you decide to have a bit of an adventure. [...]
Clean Cleaning Up 2008-04-09 19:07:23 In the kitchen, that is. A subject near and dear to your intrepid innkeeper’s heart. thirteen of ‘em
Coffee Stains
To remove a coffee stain from fabric or a rug, try one of these methods:
* Dip a white cloth into a beaten egg yolk and rub the yolk into the stain. Then rinse [...] Read more:Clean
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Almost Time to Passover 2008-04-10 13:26:32 Tonight is the first night of Passover
. As a kid, one of the standout holidays for me was Passover - love Passover. It is one of my favorite holidays. Each year with slight variation as to locale, our family would gather together for the traditional (but somewhat abbreviated version) Seder. It was a time of [...] Read more:Almost
Can’t Curb my Enthusiasm 2008-04-12 08:44:05 It was another incredible “train the trainer” ride with Patrick today. Gazi or Picken and I continue to teach each other lessons. We typically meet at a variety of venues and I do two loops with him. As a horse trainer, he’ll bring two horses, we finish one loop, go back to his rig while [...] Read more:Enthusiasm
Slow Down to Go Faster-Simply 2008-04-11 09:07:04 When I get frenzied and wound up in “type A” mode, my husband a race car driver in a previous life reminds me “slow down to go faster” And while moving to Big Sky country was definitely a step to living life in a simple way, I still find myself on [...]
How Green is Your Garden 2008-04-13 12:07:15 One of the things I’ve discovered in my ongoing quest to live in an environmentally responsible manner is, the more I learn, the more reasons I find to live even greener and more sustainably.
April has been designated as National Garden
ing Month. Five years ago, the National Gardening Association began pushing the Green
ing of [...]
A Testament to Passover 2008-04-16 11:30:15 As we begin the first night of Passover
, we can we learn from the Old Testament
and God’s relationship with His people,Israel?
Exodus 19:1-25.
1. In the third month after they set out from Egypt, Israel reaches the desert of Sinai and camps at the foot of the mountain. Verses 1-2. It is often when we [...]
A Sit Down Seder Sitcom 2008-04-17 21:10:38 You’d better sit down Aunt Mildred.. .could be the family baggage but the family feud (food) food fight in the making Man your seder plate and let the games begin..
Latkes:
The latke makes a great food to do battle with since it is almost invariably hot and dripping with oil, always a [...]
Mending Fences.. Not for the Sheepish 2008-04-18 09:10:17 Trust me , cheap fences are the most expensive. Lazy farmers build the best fences because they don’t want to have to do it a second time. If you want to save money, drive an old pickup and use the thousands of dollars saved to build good fences. This is especially true on small farms [...]
Weather Or Not 2008-04-19 09:50:36 Here in Montana.. drive 5 miles or wait 5 minutes and the weather’s guranteed to change. 60 degrees on Thanksgiving and 20 degrees and 5 inches of snow when you wake up on Memorial Day . This time of year especially.. you can get plum weather weary. Spring teases you for a few days with [...]
Street Talk 2008-04-20 09:40:11 Or would that be straight talk? As I was heading back from Butte yesterday,I noticed that every light turned green as I approached. I started to feel lucky, powerful, blessed, — life was going my way. I noticed “good ” thoughts about how “it must be [...] Read more:Street
B and B and Barnstorming 2008-04-21 09:43:34 We’re expecting a full house here of shooting clinic participants; I know that whenever we have shooting clinic participants coming; it conjures up pictures of what they must be like as some descend in their Cabelas hunting clothes ready voice an octave lower, for effect tatoos for a day at the range . Also [...]
Customer “No” Service 2008-04-24 09:50:59 As an innkeeper, customer service is our lifeline. You never get a second chance to make a first impression
Regardless of your business. it’s the customer silly.
So I ‘m hyper sensitive when I come across someone specializing in customer “no” service..
Questions you want to ask the person who repeatedly — and boy do I [...] Read more:Customer
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Hey, we shall inherit the earth 2008-04-22 18:30:21 I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Celebrated Earth Day out with Patrick on a trail ride near Mill Creek. Bordering National Forest it’s in the n the heart of Amish arm Country. Hey!” shouted a farmer; he invokes “PP”, the private property principle. When it comes to beauty and nature, I’m [...] Read more:shall
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Walk With the Animals 2008-04-26 12:09:33 Driving down the gravel road to the mailboxes and then a “stage right” to town, I saw an antelope staring at me. It was then that the thought occurred to me that the antelope out number the people in Montana. It’s almost guaranteed that in one day you will see more antelope than you will [...] Read more:Animals
Can’t see the Forest for the Trees? 2008-04-25 10:28:27 You know the old saying: “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” You might have thought of that more than once as Uncle Sam just finisihed (hopefully) paying his annual visit. But what if it did? Would everybody be rich and well taken care of due to readily available money? Or would we still [...] Read more:Forest
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Look for Your Landing 2008-04-28 09:11:10 A childhood dream come true… a leap of faith… especially when a major lifestyle change occurs in the process. Lots of folks dream of leaving the urban sprawl and get some land. But alas, why do you want land? Get that settled first. Why are you even considering spending a 55-gallon drum [...]
Meditation in Cathedrals of Our Own 2008-04-27 11:19:53 They say that these are not the best of times
But they’re the only times I’ve ever known
And I believe there is a time for meditation
In cathedrals of our own
How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Perhaps we don’t fulfill each other’s fantasies
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives
With our respective similarities
It’s either sadness or [...] Read more:Meditation
Nothing Succeeds Like Success 2008-04-28 19:42:10 Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas Edison
I’ve never met anyone who didn’t want to be successful at something. It’s fair to say we all want to be successful. Here are some tips I’ve learned over the years that have helped [...] Read more:Nothing
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Keep on Singing 2008-05-01 11:05:57 Lord, I lift Your name on high;
Lord, I love to sing Your praises;
I’m so glad You’re in my life;
I’m so glad You came to save us. You came from Heaven to earth;
To show the way,
From the earth to the cross,
My debt to pay,
From the cross to the grave,
From the grave to the sky;
Lord, I [...] Read more:Singing
Mom’s Day in the Kitchen 2008-05-02 13:47:34 Kitchen gadgets aren’t just for cooking experts. Sure you can go overboard; after all, there are virtually thousands of contraptions to choose from. But here’s a list of some really useful kitchen gadgets you can buy for mom—and each one is under $50!
Silicone Oven Mitt: These babies are hot in kitchens right now. They can [...] Read more:Kitchen
The Motherlode 2008-05-05 09:07:31 God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
Mother’s Day is a nice holiday, but it isn’t quite one of those cushy weekday government holidays when folks get to sleep late, the banks are closed, and there’s no mail delivery. Still, the second Sunday in May is put aside [...]
Team Canter Gets Ready to hit the trail 2008-05-04 08:32:58 As Gaynor and I (aka Team Canter) make our final equine preparations for our endurance ride at roundup Montana in the next weekend, we also have the “camping” extravaganza to prepare for too
As with weddings and tax-evasion, an journey to a backwoods trail demands that attention be paid to what seems like a myriad of [...] Read more:Gets Ready
Go Green to save Green 2008-05-06 12:12:25 It’s no coincidence that most frugal people are environmentally conscious, and vice versa. Frugal lifestyle choices tend to be environmentally friendly choices. What a win - win.. for your pocketbook and the planet. It’s almost impossible to be concerned about the environment without taking actions that lessen your own impact on the enviro.. Ah [...] Read more:Green
The 10 Commandments from Horses 2008-05-07 09:41:30 “I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time.
Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult” -E.B. White
If you want to watch G-d laugh, have a plan… especially with your horses. They dont know from schedules… all their is is now… Another great [...] Read more:Commandments
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Discovering the Horse(Wo)man Within 2008-05-10 12:46:51 I didnt grow up around horses… the only thing I knew from horses was watching The Kentucky Derby each May and reading Flicka. Things changed quickly when we got here.
Gazi continues to bring out the horsewoman within struggling to get out… I’m still getting used to the “Arabian” constitution. in the continuing quest for focus, [...] Read more:Horse
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