New Week on the Prairie

It's the beginning of a new week and soon we will be transitioning from summer days to cool fall nights. In fact there was snow on the ground in the western part of the state on Friday! I saw those pictures on the news and thought I might have been too hasty in my move, then quickly my thoughts went to "gotta get my winter gear" in order! Winter gear! I think it has a different meaning out here on the prairie. I was in a cute little coffee shop in the neighboring town last week having a latte with a friend when the conversation at the next table turned to a winter in the area and the one woman was talking about walking up her drive because the car got stuck and how hard and painful it was to breathe in the cold, biting, wind, (her words). Well I had nightmares that night of wandering on the prairie in the snow! I am sure it will be a challenge and with the rest of the population, I will look forward to spring smiling again~ The weekend is supposed to bring some warmer weather, so I can get the rest of my outside work done.

The farmers in the area are hustling to get the last of the grain and hay out of the fields before the real snow flies. Hunters are marching up and down tree rows and though corn stands in there finest gear. Look out little birds!

I had a house full over the weekend, my mother was here along with tow my brothers, sister, my niece and my son from Minnesota is here for the week. We had good things to eat, lots to talk about and catch up on and its always good to have family around. Zak was the center of attention and loved it! Ziggy is more reserved lets say and picks carefully who can scratch him or not.

Hope the beginning of your week is as full as mine! Farewell from the Prairie!

Fall is in the air

I am finally getting around to putting this out there in cyberspace. It's scary Rarejule!


The summer was a stready string of days getting settled into new living space for me and my 2 furry kids, Zak and Ziggy. Unpacking, repacking and purging (yet again) all my "treasures". Finding the right space for things to occupy to facilitate good fengshui into the prairie house.


I admit some of those long summer days were filled with my longing for my old life and the people that filled that life. I am moving forward and connecting when and where I have the opportunity. It has been nice to be closer to my mother and able to see her and do things with her that the geography prevented in the past. We have poured through pictures, literally hundreds of family, friends, events (mother was a journalist) and collections of every description. She has been recoverying from some medical issues which had slowed her down, but faces them with dogged determination.


Has been wonderful to be closer to my siblings and be a particpant in there lives, instead of getting a card or note in the mail. I attended my brothers wedding in July, and welcomed 2 nephews born last month.


On the other side of that is missing my boys in Minnesota and their families. That has been the most difficult thing to adjust to here on the prairie.

I am missing marching off to the office everyday. My inner clock still wakes me at 5:00 AM and Zak and I take to the road for a walk in the quiet of this prairie of amber waves of grain. When it is a clear still morning and the sun comes up over the hills to my east, it is a spiritual thing.

Well I have rambled on attempting to give you a glimpse of my new world. There will be more to come, along with some fotos in the near future.