Archive July 2011

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Farmgirl Hochepot

 

When you've got a jumbled mix of things and you toss them in the same pot, you've got a "hochepot" - the french word for hodge-podge. A little of everything went into this article, resulting in a heaping helping of hochepot "pie". Also included is the edible recipe!

 

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Chuckling Trees And Busy Bees

Cattle pant in the leafy shade of trees. Horses perspire at work and later stand in the pond fighting flies with the wet brush of their tails. July ... steamy afternoons, sticky necks, salty sweat. July ... picnics, straw hats, iced tea and sugar snap peas.

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Shery Jespersen with her horse

Shery Jespersen,
Wyoming cattle rancher and outpost writer (rider), shares the “view from her saddle.” Shery is a leather and lace cowgirl who’s been horse-crazy all of her life. Her longtime love is Apple Pi “Dolly” Rose, a 20-year-old Morgan otherwise known as “The Best Darn Horse in the Universe.” Her other interests include “junktiques,” creating eclectic “make do” arts and crafts, collecting antique china, and cultivating mirth.

Column contents copyright © 2009– Shery Jespersen. All rights reserved.

Cowgirl pose

“I went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
– John Muir.