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May 7, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
Several decades ago I was performing at a poetry and music gathering in southeastern Wyoming. Awoman approached me who was probably nearly 70 at the time. She asked me if I had any kinfolk by thename of Swan from eastern Colorado. I told her that my family was from there and had moved to SouthDakota […]
April 28, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
The teenage years are fraught with anxiety for most kids, and mine were no exception. My folks had finally decided to let me have a date with a boy who had been asking, so, I was on edge despite the boybeing a longtime friend. My folks had to be gone, so I had a lot […]
April 22, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
My Dad had a weakness for a horse with a fast walk. I swear, he’d have bought a horse from a gypsy peddler if it just walked really fast. So, sometimes he got burned due to this weakness of his. As he gotolder, he didn’t allow for his aging body and limitations and when looking […]
April 15, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
My time in New Mexico working on a ranch holds some pretty special memories. Some good, some bad, but overall, it was a great experience. Funny occurrences seem funnier now, 40 plus years later.For those who don’t know, when you are working for a big outfit and have a string of horses assigned to you, […]
April 10, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
It had been a long winter, having started in November and being cold and snowy clear until March. Wedidn’t need the March blizzard that dumped feet of snow and made drifts higher than our eight foot windbreak fences, but we got it anyway. It was an ordeal just to get the stock fed in the […]