You would think building one horse shed and corral would be enough for two sexagenarians. Two years ago last October, Henry and I spent a couple weeks planting railroad ties with a post-hole digger and a huge tamping bar into the rock-strewn, dead-dry dirt of Jaroso. Then we secured headers and rafters onto the upright…

During Homecoming weekend at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado, I was awarded the 2013 ASU Outstanding New Alumna Award. Here’s the little speech I gave when I accepted the award. The picture shows Rhonda Schoenecker, who introduced me, and me on the right. ASU has a saying that great stories begin here. If my…