Prairie Potholes: Stories of Life

Nov 302 min read

A Dusting

A first dusting of snow usually arrives for us sometime in October, but this year the drought persisted and Mother Nature waited until...

Emily Guldborg

Nov 27, 20232 min read

Gobble Gobble

Isn't she lovely? As I was doing household chores the other day, I walked by the picture window and glimpsed what I thought was a large...

Emily Guldborg

Nov 24, 20225 min read

Home

I am told a few weeks ahead of time that we will have to move cows home as soon as there is a break in the cold weather. Kevin has...

Emily Guldborg

Nov 13, 20223 min read

Heaven (from the banks of Dirty Creek)

. ' . . .I head out on a moonless night to a lonely spot on the prairie to take pictures of the Milky Way, a thing of wonder I’ve been...

Emily Guldborg

Mar 6, 20223 min read

Creation

I haven't picked up my camera in several months. I purchased a new lens at the beginning of January and just never got around to even...

Emily Guldborg

Jul 26, 20213 min read

Live Hard

LIVE HRD. Californians get a bad rap. I don’t often take advice from them but when I was wandering downtown Billings yesterday looking...

Emily Guldborg

Jul 7, 20213 min read

Resilient

I’ve considered trying to get through a day only by saying movie quotes or recitations from Walt Whitman. What an inspiring world that...

Emily Guldborg

Nov 22, 20203 min read

Perspective

No one ever thinks about the virtues of a rockhound. They are easily amused on long walks down rural gravel roads, you can buy them the...

Emily Guldborg

Nov 13, 20203 min read

Teamwork

I don't often tell Danish Cowboy when there are upcoming Federal Reserve holidays because he is an opportunist and I always have big...

Emily K Guldborg

Feb 2, 20193 min read

The Difference

I am often amazed at how different Danish Cowboy and I really are. I love to verbalize in writing, he in spoken word. I still get a...

Emily K Guldborg

Jan 20, 20193 min read

Unassuming

I always find it amusing that I can meander around for a few hours on a cold winter afternoon, snapping photos, getting some really great...

Emily Guldborg

Aug 8, 20183 min read

Just a Game

“People will come, Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of...

Emily Guldborg

Jul 28, 20183 min read

Instinct

I did it again. I was out running, loping along on a two track trail, warily watching my footsteps for rattlesnakes in the path and as I...

Emily Guldborg

Jul 9, 20173 min read

Coach

This is a picture of my husband but it's not a picture of my kid. I didn't even know the kid's name until 2 weeks ago and now this image...

Emily Guldborg

Feb 2, 20173 min read

Black and White

I've heard it said so many times that it's almost cliche. "The horse is a mirror to your soul." "Your horse is a reflection of who you...

Emily Guldborg

Apr 5, 20163 min read

The Big Open

Montana was big on Saturday. I envision you chuckling to yourself. "Montana's always big," I hear you say. No, it's not really. She...

Emily Guldborg

Feb 26, 20163 min read

Placing Ourselves

Our family recently took a trip that will not soon be forgotten. We spent plenty of time on the beach learning about waves, my daughter...

Emily Guldborg

Aug 28, 20152 min read

Smoke and Mirrors

The metaphor comes from a magician's ability to use a series of mirrors and a disruptive, distracting burst of smoke to make things...

Emily Guldborg

Apr 8, 20152 min read

Pittsburgh? or Paris?

I've always encouraged my kids to be dreamers. Having been accused of being one myself, I know the value in dreams: sometimes they come...

Emily Guldborg

Mar 11, 20152 min read

Jack

So here's a story to wrap your head around. There's this guy. He shows up at our house every month or two on his way from a Bakken oil...