Diane Prather

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From Pipi’s Pasture: A shopping day in Craig, part 2
May 17, 2013
When my sisters and I were kids, Dad and Mom sometimes planned a full day of shopping in Craig.
Over A Cup: Spring salad that’s good anytime
May 17, 2013
We’ll be branding calves at our place this weekend.
From Pipi’s Pasture: A shopping day in Craig
May 10, 2013
This morning, the skies over Pipi’s Pasture are gray, and a light rain is falling.
Over A Cup: Karen’s enchiladas
May 10, 2013
Just yesterday I received a nice letter from Karen Pruitt, a former Craig resident who now lives in Michigan.
Over a Cup of Coffee: Making meat loaf
May 3, 2013
This week I’ve been hungry for meat loaf, one of my favorite meat dishes. Our family likes it, too, especially our son, Jamie, who could live off meat loaf sandwiches. I always make sure there’s meat loaf in the refrigerator when he’s here.
Pipi’s Pasture: Getting the mail
May 3, 2013
I am amused when I hear people refer to today’s mail as “snail mail.” When I was a kid growing up on the ranch, we didn’t have a telephone — not until I was about 14 — so mail was the only way we had to communicate with people who didn’t live in the community.
From Pipi’s Pasture: Going to the movies
April 27, 2013
When I was a kid growing up on the ranch, a trip to town was a big deal.
Over A Cup: Mary’s clam chowder and chocolate ice cream
April 27, 2013
This past week I got to meet Mary Burnett in person. Mary lives in Craig and previously has contributed recipes in this column.
Over a Cup of Coffee: A recipe from Aunt Lila
April 12, 2013
his week, I was thumbing through the recipe cards in my old metal recipe file. I started the file before I was married, so it contains some recipes from my mother and other relatives. I took out a recipe for “Never Fail Mayonnaise” that was given to me by my Aunt Lila Osborn, who passed away some years ago.
Pipi’s Pasture: Spot-on-the-Hip and other cows
April 12, 2013
This morning, as I looked out on Pipi’s Pasture, I was thinking about how gentle Pipi is. In fact, all of the cows in our little herd are tame. We need to be able to work them on foot or by four-wheelers, we need to walk out among them to vaccinate and ear-tag calves, and we need to check them at night during calving season.

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