“Independent Rancher Enjoys Rugged Life,” by Susan McPherson, Colorado Springs Sun, December 2, 1979. Photo by John Lennox.
Margaret in a melodrama, Westcliffe, circa 1975
Margaret, circa 1979
Singing Acres Ranch Stove. Photo by David Chrislip, 2017.
The cook with friends, Whoopie [in scarf] and David Chrislip [in hat], circa 2000. Courtesy of Carol Ann Wilson
Margaret Susan Wilson, circa 1979.
And there were the projects they worked on together. Susan delighted in telling me about the hunter’s cookbook she was helping Margaret with. She’d type into the computer and save on floppy disks the recipes Margaret had honed for the venison or elk she’d hunted, the fish she caught, using the rosemary, thyme, sage and other herbs she’d grown. Using what was in the surroundings and what she could bring home mattered to her. And there was Susan, typing away, encouraging Margaret to come up with more. I still have those floppy disks, now undecipherable artifacts. Because We Wanted To!, p. 174
And there were the projects they worked on together. Susan delighted in telling me about the hunter’s cookbook she was helping Margaret with. She’d type into the computer and save on floppy disks the recipes Margaret had honed for the venison or elk she’d hunted, the fish she caught, using the rosemary, thyme, sage and other herbs she’d grown. Using what was in the surroundings and what she could bring home mattered to her. And there was Susan, typing away, encouraging Margaret to come up with more. I still have those floppy disks, now undecipherable artifacts. Because We Wanted To!, p. 174
From Singing Acre Ranch meadows & mountains, 2015
