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Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
by Jessie Veeder
Western North Dakota based musician, author, columnist, rancher and mom of two young daughters reflects each week on rural living, its characters, heartbreaks, triumphs, absurdity and what it means to live and love in the middle of nowhere, which to Jessie and her cast of characters, is the middle of everything. Find out more about Jessie, the ranch and her music at veederranch.com and jessieveedermusic.com
Episodes
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Generations
This week we wind down a rabbit hole of connection to our heritage and technological advances that turns into talk about 3D printers and AI and then somehow wraps back around to ancestry and parenting. I share a little about my song "Yellow Roses" and my great grandpa who inspires me. But first…
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We're back...
Too much time has passed since we caught up at the kitchen table...in fact, since our last visit our kitchen table has moved! We've been busy with kids, cows, a house renovation and an album release, but in this week's episode we talk about what's pressing now: Chad's weird new injury, coaching...
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Why do we live here?
This week Jessie and Chad are getting ready to head to the big town to see Shania Twain so they have to get the ranch off the car and out from under their fingernails. They reminisce (argue?) about their school dances, talk about the crappy weather, past concerts and that time Chad didn't break…
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We belong to the turkeys
This week Jessie and her husband Chad catch up the basics: how they're failing parenthood, namely, 2nd grade math and bedtime, hunting for elk, working cows, the place Chad sleeps when he drinks too much and the redneck thing he did to start himself on fire (just briefly, he's fine.) It's all…
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The memory keeper
This week Jessie and her husband Chad sit down on a Sunday to reflect on their role in other people's memories, especially their children's. Speaking of children, theirs are really loud in this episode, so fair warning if you're not as good at ignoring them as their parents are. And before they...
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A bit on hunting and canning and marriage
It's fall and Jessie and Chad sit down after a long day of canning salsa for a chat about the season, which brings up some fun hunting stories. Chad starts out strong by getting jalapeno juice in his eye, the wild turkeys make an appearance and then there was that time the pop-up camper exploded....
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A Cowboy Song and a Cowboy Town
This week Jessie and Chad check in from a borrowed camper they took to Cody, Wyoming for the Yellowstone Songwriter Festival. Service was a bit sketchy, so the upload is late, but the conversation is centered around Jessie's experience performing at songwriter festivals, how she embarrassed…
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Growing their wings
Jessie's 40 today, so while Chad makes ten pounds of taco meat they catch up about milestones, particularly in parenting as the kids go back to school. They wonder if they're doing it right. Jessie shares her column of the same name. Follow Jessie, her story and her music at jessieveedermusic.com...
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Scars
This week is a kitchen recap about bar backing and hair bands and back to school while the kids play Barbies just loud enough to be sorta distracting. Jessie shares a memory about a connection made with a stranger at the big lake that confirmed her perspective on the importance of authenticity.…
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Why we will never have a yacht...
This week the wild animals and the summer heat take over. Jessie and Chad sit down and procrastinate putting supper on to talk about mishaps, per usual and how Chad and a crew of friends once got chased by a wild buffalo and how bright neon windsuits don't belong in National Parks. Then they tell...
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Country kids on bikes
Happy Dog Days! This week Jessie and her husband Chad argue about which hurts worse, crashing your bike on pavement or gravel. It gets deep I tell you. Chad shares all his major bike injuries and how it got him in trouble because it was the '80s and moms were mean in the '80s. Then, of course…
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Cousins by the camper
Chad and Jessie sit down to recap what they've been up to in July so far and it's been pretty family focused. Kids rodeos and events are the heartbeat of their community and the couple reflects on what it means to belong here. Find out more about Jessie's music at jessieveedermusic.com Read the...
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Rescue Mission
This week Jessie makes everyone in the house sit down and recount how she was a hero at the ranch in a quest to save an innocent creature in trouble. Listen to all the version and then learn why Chad is the reason anyone around here gets to eat pickles. June, it's been a wild month and we're…
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It's Summer Now
The calves are branded and the county fair is in full swing, and so is summer. Jessie sits down in the kitchen with her little sister to recap the past busy week and reminisce a bit about summers when they were kids out here. Jessie shares her column of the same name and a song. Learn more about...
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Do I say too much?
This week Jessie catches up with her husband outside on the deck where the birds are chirping and a sudden shift of wind sends them inside. She shares the key wardrobe item she recently forgot to put on for a public appearance and then contemplates what it means when her five-year-old describes...
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My grandma, she could float...
This week we're a little late in catching up due to celebrating the life of our grandma Ginny. Jessie sits down in the kitchen with her little sister to talk about celebrating her life and this conversation is a real glimpse into what Jessie's house is like when all the girls are together--you…
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Colors of the season
School's out and the grass is green and the season has officially changed as school let out and summer starts. This week Jessie sits down with her daughters to talk about riding horses and what it means and what it takes to be a cowgirl. Jessie reads her column, reflecting on the timing of it all...
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On Nashville
This week Jessie catches her husband up on her week spent in Nashville recording her new album, "Yellow Roses." On the last podcast recording Jessie burned supper, so there's a few interuptions while Chad checks on the meat. (No burning this time!) There's talk about what makes us love music and...
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When I grow up
This week Jessie sits down with her seven-year-old daughter, Edie, to talk about what it means to be a kid, and what she thinks it means to be a grown up. They discuss school and yetis and think about why kids like the mud so much and adults don't. Jessie shares a piece out of her book, Coming...
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The girls of spring
This week Jessie and her husband Chad catch up on getting back on the horses in the spring, Jessie's dad's horse-whispering skills and some of their epic horse wrecks. Which brings them to wishing they didn't know how it feels to hit the ground when they watch their girls ride the big horses by...
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Stuck Season
Get out the tow ropes, it's spring at the ranch. This week Jessie sits down with her husband to confess the stupid mistakes she made during the past couple weeks. She tries to get Chad to do the same, but somehow his mistakes are less harrowing. Of course. Jessie shares her column and a new…
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Rosie's Spring Song
Spring is starting to spring at the ranch and Rosie wrote a song about it. This is a cute episode all about a 5-year-old's perspective on her favorite season. Jessie sits down to talk with her daughter a bit about her second open mic night performance and why she wanted to write a song about...
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Darling we haven't gone dancing...
This week Jessie sits down to talk about how little moments in your marriage can make a big impact on how kids view relationships after their girls dressed them up for a recent dance party. How this turns into three stories about boats is just what happens on this podcast. Also, swimming out to...
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Prairie people hit the beach
After a Mexico vacation, Jessie and her husband are back at the ranch, eating noodle soup, counting down the days to calving (and summer) and re-hashing their trip. Listen to hear Jessie confess her embarrassing vacation moment that will make you cringe. Find out more about Jessie, the ranch and...
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The dangerous life of a handyman's wife
This week Jessie and Chad are scrambling to get their life together so they can go on vacation. So while Chad finishes up a handyman job Jessie catches you up on news from the ranch, and a memory of the first few months of building their house. If you're scared of heights, you'll understand. If...
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The legend of Poker Jim
This week Jessie explores a legendary folk tale that has been told and retold in her community since 1894 when a dead cowboy fell from the rafters of an old blacksmithing shop and into the middle of a poker game, sending cards and unsuspecting cowboys flying. A tale just waiting to be made into a...
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Is this middle age?
Jessie contemplates how this phase of life feels like February and she sits down with her husband to talk all things middle age. And Chad has A LOT to say about it. And also, did you know he has "work Crocs?" This episode goes long as they get into discussing Jessie's battle with chronic pain…
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A chance to be brave
This week is all about 5 year old Rosie and her big stage debut. Jessie sits down with her youngest daughter to talk about what it was like for her to sing her OWN song at a recent open mic, and Rosie's thrilled at the chance to share her story about nerves, expectations and being brave and proud...
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Notes from the road and the top of the hill
Back after a week in Elko, NV for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Jessie catches her husband up on the highlights (and some glitches) of her trip. And he listens, covered in sheet rock from holding the home construction project down and keeping the kids alive and well while she was gone....
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The music continues...
This week Jessie's mind is on the music as she works on a new album and packs for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. She sits down with her husband to talk about what it means to her to still be recording and creating music at 39 and answers a listener's question about the songwriting process....
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Cream Noodles and How We Connect Here
It's January so we're eating all the noodles and cream around here, of course. Jessie sits down with Chad to talk about one of his favorite things, cooking. His other favorite thing is building stuff, so they talk about that too, and why it isn't Jessie's favorite thing. Especially tiling. If you...
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"Happy To" and Other Things about Marriage
This week is all about the rabbit hole Jessie went down when Chad did something unexpectedly nice for her. She sits down with him to talk marriage, her grandparent's 70 + year marriage and how flipping our mindset just a bit can potentially make all the difference. Jessie shares her column and a...
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Dear New Year
Between snow pushing and cleaning up the explosion of Christmas break, Jessie sits down with her husband Chad to talk about how margaritas and cookies should definitely be part of people's resolutions and they recap a few of their favorite and memorable moments on the ranch in 2022. The couple…
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Snowed in
Christmas just keeps getting whiter at the ranch as Jessie and her husband Chad sit down in the middle of a blizzard to talk about windchill and frozen equipment, digging out and and staying home, Christmas traditions and finding gratitude where you can. Their daughter Edie gives a snow day…
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This is five
It's a snow day at the ranch and all the roads in ND are closed. So while all the kids are in the house, Jessie sits down to chat with her little sister, Alex, about parenting five year olds and trying to replicate the magic Christmases they had as kids. There are interruptions, per usual, Jessie...
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Mr. Tanner and the Joy of Singing Along
Jessie and her dad have been singing and performing together since Jessie was a just a little kid and his music has been the backdrop and influence of her career ever since. This week's column is about Jessie finding herself in her own version of the classic Harry Chapin song, Mr. Tanner and so…
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The Magic of Childhood
It's windy and cold at the ranch, but this week Jessie and her husband Chad warm up by reminiscing about some of the most magical times of their childhoods after their daughter's seventh birthday reminded them of how exciting the little things can be when you're young. Then Jessie confesses some…
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The perks of being a ranch kid...
Happy Thanksgiving. This week's column is about what it means to bring the kids along on shipping day at the ranch. On the podcast Jessie and Chad catch up after a really busy couple weeks and talk about all things, including the significance of this time of the year for the family. They talk a…
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A Horse Ride Down Memory Lane
What happens when the family tries to fit an entire life into one week? Jessie finds herself alone in her basement talking to you about memories of an old horse because despite her attempts, she couldn't bring herself to wake up her exhausted husband to visit. This week's column and podcast is a...
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Late Night Worries
Back after a week off, Jessie and her husband Chad catch up when they can, which is in the middle of the night. The family's Halloween costumes remind them of Jessie's lack of sewing skills and Chad's ability to do everything (annoying, right?) And they dig in to what keeps us up and wakes us up…
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Unplug like it's 1998
This week it snowed at the ranch. Yup. A nice little ice and slush blizzard to remind us what winter is really like here. Jessie sits down with Chad to talk about why it's become so important to her to finish reading and actual book, and then he tells her why he thinks one of the characters in...
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The layers of fall
We're in what Jessie calls the in-between season, where we pull on layers in the cool mornings and strip them off slowly throughout the day as it warms up. We don't give it much recognition because we're all scrambling to get work done before winter comes, so Jessie sits down to recognize it and...
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The juggle is real
This week's been a struggle, and Jessie and her husband Chad sit down to pontificate on what they're feeling here. Is it stress, the season change, or just trying to get the kids out the door on time for school? Plus, Jessie's current book choice and her fear of heights prompts Chad to give a bit...
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Taking a back seat to the dogs
If you like dogs this is the episode for you. Jessie recently realized her true place on the ranch and, well, this episode and column is her way of working it all out. She sits down with her husband, Chad to reminisce about the good dogs, the bad dogs and all the reasons we love them. Which got...
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What they left behind
This week Jessie sits down with her husband to talk about homestead houses and how history can haunt us, just like the Goat Man Chad encountered near the Lost Bridge in the badlands. Find out what word Jessie just made up out of thin air last week, hear a story about Lutheran kids dressing up as...
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It's Tomato Season and I'm Coming For You
If you're not hungry, you will be after this episode, because it's all about food! Soup season is synonymous with tomato season and this week the couple talks about the tomato soup recipe Chad made up when they first moved back to the ranch, which leads to all sorts of talk about cream and butter...
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The yard light's back on
This week Jessie catches up with her husband after he returns from leaving for a 75 day hunting trip (ok, maybe it was just 5 days). A small change in the barnyard makes Jessie reflect on how wrong they all were about the future of her home, and Chad wonders if Jessie would wish her kind of...
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Welcome to the season change
This week Jessie sits down with her little sister Alex and somehow a talk about the weather turns into embarrassing confessions and what was found in the septic tank. The flies and the wasps and the rooster and the tomatoes and the mice are taking over the ranch and for all the inconvenient…
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Cheers to Middle Age
Jessie and her husband Chad have officially climbed the hill to reach middle-age and on this week's episode they talk about it. Like, what they would tell their younger selves, why Chad settled into his beard and cargo pants, how Jessie just can't anymore with uncomfortable underwear and why time...
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Summer, don't leave me
This week Jessie has coffee with her little sister, Alex, who is a former guidance counselor and teacher, to get some perspective on back to school. Alex gives some tips on the best questions to ask about your child's day to actually get a response and Jessie tries to get to the bottom of why...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Western North Dakota based musician, author, columnist, rancher and mom of two young daughters reflects each week on rural living, its characters, heartbreaks, triumphs, absurdity and what it means to live and love in the middle of nowhere, which to Jessie and her cast of characters, is the middle of everything. Find out more about Jessie, the ranch and her music at veederranch.com and jessieveedermusic.com
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Jessie Veeder
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Western North Dakota based musician, author, columnist, rancher and mom of two young daughters reflects each week on rural living, its characters, heartbreaks, triumphs, absurdity and what it means to live and love in the middle of nowhere, which to Jessie and her cast of characters, is the middle...
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