{"id":334,"date":"2025-09-16T22:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=334"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:04:19","slug":"diana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/diana\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"334\" class=\"elementor elementor-334\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-365e591 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"365e591\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-element-3301fab elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3301fab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008711.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-33\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008711.png 20w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008711-13x300.png 13w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 20px) 100vw, 20px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13beb04\" data-id=\"13beb04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f726b3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f726b3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Diana<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fc9a9d\" data-id=\"0fc9a9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b06610 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b06610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"29\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Larry-Patzer.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-27\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265fec5 elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"265fec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#diana-down\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-down\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">scroll down for more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4af51a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4af51a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56b93bc\" data-id=\"56b93bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-35bf4e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"35bf4e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"diana-down\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba8ebe9\" data-id=\"ba8ebe9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d20a2a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d20a2a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Diana<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18befff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18befff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00a9 2018 Larry Patzer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bbfb92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bbfb92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Her name was Diana. He had no idea how he knew her name. It was just there in his mind. The first time he saw her was one evening at twilight. She was riding a magnificent white stallion across the pasture about two hundred yards out from his ranch house engulfed in a cloud of flowing white gossamer. He wondered if she and the horse were real.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He did not understand what he had seen. The vision, the apparition, had crossed his vision for no more than a minute. He wondered if he was hallucinating or daydreaming. How did he know her name? Whatever it was, was gone now. He entered the ranch house, shut off the lights, and crawled into bed.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The next day he was up early as usual and took care of\u00a0 his chores. He did not have many since he was \u201cretired.\u201d On a 500 acre spread, even though no longer fully active, \u201cretired\u201d was a vacuous term. The ranch was well over a hundred years old, left to him by his parents who got it from his dad\u2019s parents. The house and outbuildings were sturdy enough but showing their age. He could spruce them up with a new coat of paint and clear the weeds growing near the buildings, but why? He did not feel a great motivation. Things seemed just fine as they were. He owned several horses, boarded a few others, and leased most of the ranch for grazing cattle. Other than that, things were quiet. He enjoyed riding out just to be one with the land and the horse.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0As he sat on the porch drinking coffee late in the morning, he remembered last night\u2019s woman and horse. He was having a tough time visualizing what he had seen. \u201cMaybe, I\u2019m getting old and having dreams.\u201d While he was about to let the memory go, he remembered her name. Diana. It had puzzled him last night and again now. How did he know her name? It had been crystal clear to him last night. He had just known and that bothered him.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Another time, again in his porch rocker, he saw Diana. Once more the evening light was dimming, and she was riding the white stallion. They seemed to be as one flowing along. They were riding easily, obviously enjoying the ride. Diana looked at him as she passed. Riding on, she and the stallion disappeared into a cluster of trees. He was on his feet and knew what he saw was no dream, or was it? A moment later she appeared from thin air on the other side of the corral. She was looking at him and had a slight smile on her face. Even though the air was still, her gossamer wrap continued to flow around her. It was clear the wrap was all she wore. She was outstandingly beautiful and in an instant, she was gone.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The ranch was eight miles from town and three miles from his nearest neighbor. Wyoming can give the impression of emptiness, but he liked it just the way it was. From the outside, eastern Wyoming seemed uninviting and bleak. However, if you lived there, on the land, you became one with the land. He had been here all his life, knew the land, knew horses. He felt age creeping into his bones, but what he had seen stirred his blood. On one hand, Diana and the horse were very real. On the other, they seemed so ethereal as to be not quite solid. He just could not wrap his mind around it all.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It had been months since his last sighting, and the memory of Diana and her horse had faded. He had just returned from his monthly supply trip into town and the world felt great. He felt good. The smell of the ranch and grass reminded him of how much he loved this land. He put away his supplies and started another pot of coffee. Somehow the rich smell of fresh coffee enhanced his appreciation of the ranch and his land. He figured he would need to make the long trip into Casper next month for the things he could not get locally. Luckily, he did not have to make that trip but every three to four months. He felt at home and fulfilled.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Later in the summer an afternoon came with blustery winds and the threat of a thunderstorm. Being late summer, thunderstorms were common. He liked to keep busy and had completed the busywork job of raking out the corral. He was on his way to put away his rake and saw Diana riding her horse in the distance. He had a clear view of her almost a mile off riding in wide ranging circles. This is different, he thought. Usually she was closer to the ranch house. While his memory had dimmed of her other visits, he was no longer surprised when he saw her. She certainly was not threatening and gave off an aura of calm and peace. He put his rake away and closed the barn door. She was gone when he looked again.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Seasons had come and gone with occasional Diana sightings. Late the next fall he wrote a letter to his two sons. It was a letter of hello and general news. He included his unusual sightings of \u201cDiana and her stallion,\u201d mentioning how her vision was so real and yet his disbelief of her reality. \u201cMaybe just and old man having dreams,\u201d he said. The boys had moved on to high tech careers on the west coast. They did not communicate with their father often and never had a love for Wyoming\u2019s open range. They wrote off Diana, just as he had said, as an old man\u2019s dreams.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eventually the snow had disappeared, and spring reluctantly came in June. The grass was winning the battle to become green and the early wildflowers started to show. Life was renewing itself and all was well. Throughout the summer Diana appeared several times. Sometimes close and sometimes off in the distance.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Winter came early with heavy snows and never ending north winds. He would check in with his neighbors as they did with him. Neighbors, meaning those who lived out of town and within ten miles. They did not see each other often, but they looked out for one another. Although alone, he was secure because he had a large supply of propane for heat, the backup generator, plus a large food supply. He didn\u2019t board horses in the winter and had sold his own several years back. Life was slow in the winter, but he was content.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What he found interesting was that Diana continued to appear. She seemed to have her own light and her summer gossamer flowed as the stallion loped through the snow. The cold seemed not to touch her. Once he saw her in the barn but vanished as he approached. Strange. Inside, the barn smelled of cinnamon. On several other occasions he\u2019d curiously smelled cinnamon in the house.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Late one night, he awoke to the smell of cinnamon. Opening his eyes, Diana was near his bed.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Smiling, she stretched out her hand and said, \u201cCome John. It\u2019s time to go home.\u201d<\/p><p>Larry Patzer<br \/>July 2018<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diana scroll down for more Diana \u00a9 2018 Larry Patzer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Her name was Diana. He had no idea how he knew her name. It was just there in his mind. The first time he saw her was one evening at twilight. 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