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, rough cut of a song off her upcoming album.

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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 spring. Hear the column and hear Rosie's live performance of her Spring Song.

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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 rescue your new husband as he drifts away in the big lake does say something about commitment.

Jessie shares her column of the same name.

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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.

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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 you're not, you'll still think Chad's crazy. 

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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 song, Jessie tries her hand at creating one for Poker Jim and shares it here. She sits down with her husband to talk about Poker Jim and other legendary tales from her community,  including the last lynching in North Dakota and a tale of a young woman who sacrificed her life to save her siblings from a winter storm.  

For more on Poker Jim, visit this Prairie Public link

For more on the story of the last lynching in North Dakota here

Info on how to purchase the "End of the Rope" book here

Info on the "End of the Rope" film and other films from Canticle Productions here

Chuck Suchy's song "The Story of Hazel Miner" here 

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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, her recent CT scan and why it's so important to share our stories.

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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 of herself. Her big sister tries to chime in, but Rosie makes sure she knows who this is all about. 

Jessie shares her column, her own reflections as a mom helping Rosie through a big moment and a recording of the song "Happy," that she wrote thinking about  the things that make her feel most herself. 

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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. Grateful to be back, this week's column is about finding refuge in getting out under the sky in Jessie's favorite place. 

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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. Chad's been busy building the addition, so he gives a little sheetrock-covered update too. 

PLUS, Jessie shares a rough cut of the song she wrote about her Great Grandpa Eddie at the end of the podcast, so stay to have an exclusive listen. 

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