Winter’s Hold, Cold
Just before the sun comes up I head out to the barn The soil's turned concrete or granite? It's so hard! Nice to think it's just a crust shielding life down deep Creatures live, [...]
Bitter Cold
Welcome to the Arctic! and you didn't even leave home! Down, down, down comes the sub zero blanket of air freezing all it can Soil, rock hard snow, crunching cold "Crack!" noises here and [...]
Gathering of The Clan
Coast to coast they come to the Heartland mid-America Breadbasket Flyover Zone The gene pool arrives! Gammy and grandpo hosting kids and grandkids a family of American Eagles and eaglets Generations in turn learning [...]
Crunch Grass
Folks down south miss a lot things the cold gifts to us Some good some not so pleasant This morning crisp, cold air nipped at my nose and fingers as I trudged out to [...]
Music of The Prairie
Symphony, they call it music that wraps its arms around us because we listen, feel,smell, see Perhaps it's wind we can see percussion we feel bow strings we stretch and tune, bend and clip [...]
Mothers of Distinction
I discovered my wife in mother mode was a person of distinction For a start how could she do it? Deliver a baby Incredible... Impossible? But she did Five times Her love grew for [...]