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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Fortitude
Of Mud and Earth – Carol Pitts Maplesden
In the Garden – Elaine McMurry-Kuck
Retirement of the Windmill – Lori Van Pelt
Using Tools Backward – Amy Hale Auker
Rock Work – Andrea M. Jones
War on the Farm – Peggy Sanders
Continuing Traditions in a Changing World – Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns
Civilization – Lin Marshall Brummels
The Mellen Place – Jane Ambrose Morton
The Artesian Well—in Richardton, North Dakota – Sister Olivia (Loretta) Forster, O.S.B.
You Reap What You Sow – Madeleine DeAndreis-Ayres
Provenance – Patricia Frolander
Horse Sense
Bugsy – Mary B. Kurtz
She Took a Hornet Ride on a Borrowed Horse – Cindy Crain Newman
Daddy’s Saddle – Trinity Lewis
Daddy’s Girl – Mary B. Kurtz
Daisy’s Foal Tony – Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns
Home on the (Small) Range – Andrea M. Jones
Snoopy and Reebok, the Therapists – Lauren Sweezey
Misty – Judee E. Jensen
Ride ‘em, Cowgirl! – Cyd Farnam Krouse
Community
Finding God in the Chicken Coop – Pat Custer
Hooves ‘n Feathers – Shari L. Fiock
Annie’s Baby – Donna Sellwood
Tom Turkey – Marlene Starrh Martin
Birth – Gail L. Jenner
The Streets of Bakersfield – Sherrie Gant
The Day Curly Came Home – Brenda Towne
Hank Jr. – Donna Sellwood
Things That Go Bump in the Night – Karen Mihaljevich
Skunks, Civet Cats, and Company – Lynne B. Bryan
Ugly Mud Bugs – Amy Hale Auker
Temptation – Della Evans
Why Liberals Shouldn’t Own Chickens – Madeleine DeAndreis-Ayres
Self-Reliance
The Outpost – Judy Ann Ahmann
A South Dakota Hour – Chastity Julson
Serpentine Trail – Sherrie Gant
All in a Winter’s Day – Carol Pitts Maplesden
An Actual Account of an Overworked, Underpaid Fence Painter – Katlyn Rumbold
It’s the Water – D. H. Eraldi
The Boy Scout Way – Judy Ann Ahmann
Mom Thought She Married a Teacher – Jane Ambrose Morton
Oh, What a Day! – Dona Farnam
Universal Language – Gail L. Jenner
Sheep Wagon Saga – Lee Ann Siebken
The Tooth Fairy – Dona Farnam
Memory
We Rode in Trucks – Stacy Hadrick
Crock Full of Memories – Della Evans
Bottom of the Canyon – Vella Munn
Childhood Camping – Sherma Isbell
Childhood Interrupted – Cyd Farnam Krouse
Mom Was a Beekeeper– Laurel Hill-Ward
Balance – Deb Carpenter-Nolting
Summer at Aunt Ruth’s – Marilyn R. Kilpatrick
My Dad’s Hands – Patricia M. Laustalot
Resilience
Contemplating the Fire Seasons – Andrea M. Jones
Watching My Hills – Della Evans
Pasture Fires – Lori Van Pelt
Rain Is Always a Promise – Gail L. Jenner
Smith Canyon Fire 1994 – Terri Earl
That Fickle Fall – Marcia Hensley
Lessons
The Best Words – Chastity Julson
Ranch Wisdom – Jane Kirkpatrick
Doing Is What Comes Naturally – Gail L. Jenner
Ten Country Concocted Lessons – Trinity Lewis
It Won’t Wash Off – Lyn Messersmith
Riding the Edge of Good-bye – Patricia Frolander
Contributing Authors and Photographers
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