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Mini Bio

I’m 46. I live in a small, cabinesque home in the Bull Mountains of Montana. I share this place with my husband, Brian, our dogs: Wicket, Elstree, and Hazel, our cats: Chirpa, Gimmick, Alice, and Pigeon, and our goats: Silas, Oliver, Barnaby, and Tesco.

What’s a Suzzerpuss?

I have no idea.

My grandfather (Pappy) called my sister and I Ralph, Clyde, or Charlie, depending on the day. My grandmother (Nanny) called us both Suzzerpuss.

When I told her that I’d picked Suzzerpuss for a webpage name, she asked me what a Suzzerpuss was. So, I guess no one knows.

  • Creatures,  Hobbies,  Ramblings

    Not a Sound

    April 20, 2020 /

    Montana’s spring is basically winter-lite. It was still snowing went we went out yesterday, though luckily the storm dissipated before reaching our location. Thankfully, the weather app tells me it should be getting a little warmer now. That means we can finally start properly heading out to explore the world without big wool jackets and survival packs. As I just mentioned, yesterday we packed our bikes, the dogs, forty-seven bottles of water, a few Bobo’s Oat Bars, and headed to some mountains not far from where we live – which is what anyone through the entire western side of Montana can say about mountains, really. Levee, our cattledogshepherdmix, is overly-nourished.…

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    Her Dirty Paws and Furry Coat

    October 15, 2018

    Like Flashy Sparkles in the Water

    May 27, 2012

    The Story of the Beast with Those Four Dirty Paws

    December 8, 2019
  • Food,  Ramblings

    This Is Life

    March 5, 2019 /

    Levee has started her spring shedding. It doesn’t matter that I vacuum every day; I cannot keep up with her hair clods. They explode off her like a wet mogwai popping off hairball babies. We tried açaí, both in bowl form as well as juice. I’m convinced it’s a mass joke. Before this I’d have had difficulty naming a food I didn’t like. Sure, there are foods I don’t prefer, but very few I truly dislike. Açaí has, without any doubt whatsoever, become the food I dislike. I’d describe its flavor as fermented berries or “eww.” I wasn’t sure if maybe our açaí bowl packets had somehow gone off, but then…

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    Papaya, Papaya, Paya

    July 18, 2016

    I Spread It on Bread, on Crackers, and Toast

    April 10, 2015

    Only Ripe Vegetables, Fresh Fruit, and Whole Wheat

    March 24, 2015
  • Creatures

    And How That Old Dog Loved Him

    May 31, 2012 /

    Title From: Echo Mountain by James King

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    Nothing Compares to Waking Up in the Sunshine

    October 10, 2014

    Illuminated World Divine

    April 2, 2015

    I Got Blood on My Hands

    November 21, 2017
  • Creatures

    Quiet Thoughts and Quiet Dreams

    May 23, 2012 /

    Title From: Corcovado (Quiet Nights) by Astrud Gilberto

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    March 20, 2015

    Life’s No Fun Without a Good Scare

    November 3, 2016

    I Think That You Know What to Do

    June 13, 2012
  • Creatures

    Meet Me on the Levee Tonight

    May 22, 2012 /

    Title From: Levee Song by Darden Smith

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    I’ve Got the Sky, the World Is My Home

    April 30, 2015

    A Fresh Chance to Start Right

    March 2, 2020

    What Will Be, Will Be

    December 9, 2014

Books I’m Reading/Using

Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
by Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney

Complete Swedish
by Anneli Haake

The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy)
by Katherine Arden

Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
by Catherine Shanahan M.D.

Products I’m Loving

Face Cream, Antioxidant Facial Oil, Triple C Night Cream, Ultra-Rich Barrier Cream
from Mad Hippie

Organic Citrus Ginger Zest
from Evolution Fresh

Decaf Organic Coffee (Whole Bean)
from Solar Roast

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