Fascinating to watch a skilled chef who knows the chemistry to watch him or her mix then taste, savoring, thinking a little bit of this, a little bit of that With soil, we dig a trench to see the profile, from top to deep we slice a sample a core then head to a [...]
Sandy soils overlaying the ocean holding back that behemoth of waving, foaming power give way to sandy soils over plentiful water Fields carved by streams and rivers water, water everywhere! Navy, fishermen, pleasure boaters attuned to the waterman life What a treat! Refreshing, for the flatlanders of Illinois! How tempting to wet a line [...]
Our structures stand wind and rain sun and cold strong against the elements But in a moment the wind can torture the rain can flood the sun can certainly age them hard and the cold can make them crack Above these things the humans reign building, tending, repairing but in a moment an angry [...]
Delight comes in ever so many ways! Years ago a college student called. "Could you use some harvest help?" Indeed I could, so I invited the young man out. On the farm he was in his element. 'Can do!" was his aim. He did! Expeditiously with a smile! In the field or at our [...]
As a runner I've been there: that last 500 feet The finish line to cross Yes, the race matters all of the way The hills, the straight aways the curves we can't see around yet there's something about that last 500 feet and the line we need to cross A year of planting, tending, [...]
A friend stopped by the other day Business on his mind We sauntered to the backyard a retreat environ to set n talk a bit Settling back, he observed: This sure is a peaceful place! Patio surrounded trees and shrubs and flowers Blue sky, white clouds shades of greens and splashed of flowering plants [...]
Thoughts can often be threads opportunities alone happening but needing friends Alone they reach out but can't survive going further and further until they disappear But joining with others they become a cloth offering great things Think sails on great ships think uniforms on a million soldiers Think warm blankets in a cold world [...]
No, I'm not slipping away! I just do my best to tune in... to 'think like corn' along the way. So there's a 'pop' in early summer when corn pops its spike up through earth to greet the sun and me. One day the field is just rich and black and next day a [...]
Something about the fog that quiets the cattle me the world A fine white mesh shrouding the earth closing us in together We move more slowly me the cars the ships nosing our ways on quiet Slow down earth it seems to say you've been hurrying much too much! Peace, now, murmur to each [...]
The warmth of our springtime sun has caused the buds to break Tiny, fragile leaves abound in greeting Blossoms will soon burst forth color and fragrance will bless us What a time of freshness as the grays of winter fade and the prairie celebrates life again It was there, all the time but hidden [...]