Fresh snow is perfect for making snow angels.  And by tradition, Christmas is the best time to be visited by ghosts from the past.
Last year about this time, King Louie, Scout and Ace were still hanging around Two Mile Ranch.  It was March, after a long and loud crowing season, when the three pheasants moved
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The winter solstice will occur December 21, 2009.  Generaly considered the shortest day of the year, due to the Earth’s orbit, the latest sunrise or earliest sunset may occur up to two weeks in either direction.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
A newspaper man in 1897 wrote those lines in what became one of the most reprinted editorials in the history of print. Francis Pharcellus Church, answered an 8 year old girl who wrote him asking:
“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
“Some of my little friends say there is no
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The weather news this week for most of the country was the winter storm.  I have to admit, it was impressive, the kind of snow I remember from my childhood, with snow banks taller than people and icicles, and drifts.
The wind was out of the west and north for most of the storm, so where
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One of my neighbor’s sons bought the red truck last winter.  His other son called me this week to ask if I was interested in adopting his dog.  He brought her by on Saturday and she’s now part of the Two Mile Ranch.  She’s a two year old Australian Shepard
I was impressed with how well
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