Mad Ouva

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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.

  • Holidays,  Ramblings

    How ‘Bout We Sing Some Holiday Songs?

    December 1, 2014 /

    I love the holiday season. I start listening to Christmas music weeks before Thanksgiving. The first snowfall (when it’s not in September) brings with it the excitement over picking and chopping our tree, hanging lights, wrapping presents, baking cookies, and getting snockered on eggnog. I have so many heartwarming Christmas memories but, by far, my favorite memories revolve around my sister. Even when we didn’t share a room, we would sleep in the same bed for days before Christmas, counting down in eves (Tonight is Christmas Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve!) and whispering about the presents we knew the other was getting. Finally, on Christmas Eve, we would…

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  • Places

    From Some Old Movie Going Back in Time

    May 30, 2012 /

    The Susquehanna River (Film Photograph ~ 1995) Title From: Every Mile a Memory by Dierks Bentley

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    Keepin’ Watch Out in the Yard

    June 4, 2012

    These Are the Places I Will Always Go

    October 20, 2014

    I Watched from the Dirt Road

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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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