Tag: rural
member name: Pat V.
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August 21, 2007 05:04 AM EDT --
Ever seen a kangaroo mouse? They have long back legs and they sort of hop instead of run.
In the old house where we lived, we had enough mice and bats and bugs to not freak out every time we saw one, . . .
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September 03, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Out back of the house, between the crisscrossed log end corner and the corral type of fence that enclosed it, was a pole. Whether it had been used to hang deer for processing or something else, I don’t . . .
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October 03, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
What do you do to get ready for winter?
Since our society is mostly housed in cities or suburbs, with heat, light and water at their fingertips, we don't think about getting ready for winter . . .
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September 12, 2007 03:39 PM EDT --
6. The First House: The Skunk in the Glass
It was a typical Wyoming late summer day. The sun shone hot enough to call the bees to earnest work and to burn tender skin, but the air in the shade was cool . . .
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September 04, 2007 12:37 PM EDT --
It was a big square, divided unequally into two large rooms toward the front, two smaller ones toward the back. There were three doors, but only two were ever used - the front door, which opened into the . . .
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August 08, 2007 10:27 PM EDT --
I'm a transplant to Colorado from Wyoming. I still miss the clear air of Wyoming, but I've grown to love this part of northern Colorado I've called home for 26 years now.
It's seen a . . .
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September 06, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
"Hurry, bring the water in," Mom called as we dawdled at the pump on that bright morning. We were watching Daddy pile up tools nearby - shovels, a crowbar, hammers and nails. He and another hired . . .
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August 31, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
I was the oldest of eight kids, growing up on a ranch in Wyoming. In those long ago days, we carried water to bathe in and wash with and to drink, and we hauled wood and coal and burned trash in a barrel . . .
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September 04, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
There was a second house to the north, right beside us, just the way they placed houses in town. It was much larger than ours, with an upstairs over five rooms downstairs.
Behind the two houses was a . . .
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