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As I sit here on the eve of what will be my third day as a Wyoming resident, I am looking out at the sky from our top floor deck. Our home has a walk-out basement with patio, a main level deck and an upper story deck. It’s a beautiful view, but that seems toContinue reading “My Life in Boxes (AKA Closing Time, Part 2)”

Taxidermy: noun▸the practice of preserving dead animals, birds, or fish by filling their skins with a soft material so that they look as if they are still alive. Someone who practices taxidermy is called a taxidermist. (Macmillan Dictionary) Anyone who has read my previous blogs knows I like to start my blogs with a definitionContinue reading “Elk Heads or Buffalo Prints?”

What is a casita? I was not familiar with this term before we bought our new poshranch. Casita: (especially in the US Southwest) a small house or other building (Oxford dictionary). Um, ‘other building’? Other could really mean anything. Our new home in Cheyenne has a building in the front of the house called aContinue reading “Casita”

Many of you will remember the song ‘Closing Time’ by Semisonic from the late 90s (watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8). Today this song comes to mind as we close (in the real estate sense) on our new poshranch adventure in Cheyenne. In particular, the following lyrics come to mind: Closing timeTime for you to go outContinue reading “Closing Time”

Ranch: a very large farm in the western U.S. or Canada, where cows, horses, or sheep are kept (Macmillan) Poshranch: A quasi-ranch where the amenities are plenty, but the land is usable for things mentioned in the ranch definition (or similar). (My own definition). Micro poshranch: A quasi-ranch where the amenities are plenty, but withContinue reading “What is a PoshRanch?”

Ranch: A very large farm in the western U.S. or Canada, where cows, horses or sheep are kept. (Macmillan dictionary) Blog: A biographical web log: a type of diary on a website that is changed regularly, to give the latest news. The page usually contains someone’s personal opinions, comments and experiences. (Macmillan dictionary) Ranchblog: AContinue reading “A New Vision”