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Boot Scootin’ Crawdads
Although I have spent all my married life in the country, when I was growing up my family lived close to town in a subdivision. I have two sisters and it’s very safe to say that none of us were very in-tune with nature, but of the three of us I considered myself the tomboy of the group. When I began to date my husband, Greg, I found out rather quickly that he was all about anything and everything that had to do with the outdoors. But, he must have seen that tomboy side of me and thought I’d enjoy all of his outdoor adventures as much as he did…
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The “Hunter” Connection
For many years my husband, Greg, hunted in Wyoming with an outfitter who also had clients who were a very well-known wine family from Napa Valley. Because most of the outfitter's hunters return year after year he gets to know them pretty well, this is especially the case with the wine family who has hunted with him for many years.
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The Four Seasons
At age four our daughter, Julie, attended a precious preschool called Little People’s Place. It was a very special place where learning and play mixed perfectly and Julie loved it. One day, after dropping Julie off at school, I got a phone call from her teacher, Mrs. Jan; she said she had something she wanted to tell me when I picked Julie up that afternoon. She left me in total suspense and all day my curiosity ran wild. When at last I got to the school that afternoon, Mrs. Jan had been watching for me and pulled me aside when I walked through the door. She said she could…
