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... more

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The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.

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August 16, 2022 This world needs more barn dances
This week Jessie reflects on the nostalgia of the age old barn-dance, and why some of this sentiment needs to remain in the modern world. She and her husband Chad reflect on who taught them to dance, how their Dirty Dancing days are over and pontificate on the old house that used to be on the house, who lived there and why they left.
Plus, Jessie shares a song and reads this week's column. Read it yourself in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
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1h 6min
August 11, 2022 Showtime in the Badlands
From fishing trips to film crews, Bible camp a barn dance and a musical in the badlands, family life has been a bit of a blur the last week. Jessie and her husband catch up after bedtime to share the latest and reminisce about memories in North Dakota's favorite tourist town, Medora.
Plus, Jessie reads this week's column. Read it yourself in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories by emailing [email protected]
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1h 18min
August 02, 2022 40 Years
This week Jessie convinces her parents to sit down with her and talk about what 40 years of marriage looks like, what her mom thought when her dad brought her to the ranch when there was still party lines and how her dad's night in county jail gave him clarity on the direction of his life.
Plus, Jessie reads this week's column. Read it yourself in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories by emailing [email protected]
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1h 11min
July 26, 2022 It's mid-July and they're in the hay fields
From haying to old Bible camp memories, weird pets, the proper way to pronounce s'mores and how to deal with an accidental toad murder, Jessie and her husband cover all things mid-western July in this episode because if you blink, you might miss it.
Plus, Jessie reads this week's column. Read it yourself in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories by emailing [email protected]
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1h 7min
July 19, 2022 What to lose in a fire
This week Jessie and her husband Chad reflect on a fire they experienced while they were living in the old ranch house. What they went back inside to save revealed things about the human experience and our connection to the stuff we carry along with us. Jessie explains why she once stood in the rain naked and Chad thinks when he dies he wants to come back as my aunt's Corgi. Jessie reads her column and shares a song.
Read Jessie's column in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories by emailing [email protected]
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1h 23min
July 13, 2022 Get your Goat
Jessie has a couple goat stories from her high school rodeo days (where she never won a buckle, but showed up in the ranchiest rigs). The two talk 90s childhood and all the dangerous ways they rode in vehicles and a week recap from the ranch.
Jessie also reads her column of the same name and shares a song.
Read Jessie's column in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories by emailing [email protected]
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1h 2min
July 06, 2022 On Marriage and Montana
This week Jessie and her husband Chad sit down to visit after a long weekend in Minnesota with the family for 4th of July weekend. They reflect on the difference between a vacation together and a vacation with kids, which mostly requires another vacation. The two talk their recent trip to Montana and how it reminded them that its time to prioritize their relationship and they take inspiration from Jessie's grandparents, who have been married almost 70 years.
Also, why do dads get all the praise when they go to the grocery store with the kids?

Jessie also reads her column of the same name and shares a song.
Read Jessie's column in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories by emailing [email protected]
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1h 16min
June 28, 2022 The Sweet Spot of Summer
Jessie sits down with her little sister Alex and gets interrupted a thousand times by the kids, sidetracking the conversation and giving you a glimpse into the real life of juggling motherhood and work on the ranch. Really. And in the column, well, there's just lots of nostalgia for the fleeting summer and fleeting childhood.

essie also reads her column of the same name and shares a song.
Read Jessie's column in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories by emailing [email protected]
...more
58min
June 20, 2022 A Sentimental Branding Day Roaster
This week Jessie gets all sentimental about a giant roaster she uses each branding day at the ranch and she sits down with her husband Chad to talk about why it's so special to them to have guests at the ranch. They are working on some new plans for the ranch and you'll get the exclusive scoop here.
Jessie also reads her column of the same name and shares a song.
Read Jessie's column in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories about your branding day memories by emailing [email protected], so you'll get in on that too.

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59min
June 13, 2022 A spare toilet in a plastic world
This week Jessie sits down with her husband to get to the bottom of why he saves everything and how it makes him feel that he has a spare toilet when a spare toilet is needed on the ranch. And they share stories of other savers in their lives and how resourceful people may be a dying breed. Jessie also reads her column of the same name and shares a song.
Read Jessie's column in Forum Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com
Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com
Share, subscribe and share your stories about the resourceful person in your life by emailing [email protected]
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1h 3min

FAQs about Meanwhile, back at the ranch...:

How many episodes does Meanwhile, back at the ranch... have?

The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.