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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,  Ramblings

    Her Dirty Paws and Furry Coat

    October 15, 2018 /

    In our farmhouse in Iowa, we had a lot of mice. A lot of them. In fact, whatever you think is a lot, make it a lot of that amount. We could hear chewing in the walls of every room. There was mouse poop everywhere. We would see multiple mice every day. We set up a camera in the kitchen to record them overnight, and you can see three at a time, I believe, in one of the videos. I can’t seem to locate the recordings at the moment. They were everywhere. I love animals, and I did not want to kill these innocent little lives, just going about how…

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    I Watched from the Dirt Road

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    Title From: Fire Red Horse by The Lone Bellow

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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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