Planting the Flag
A feller born this day 74 years ago has a lifetime of planting the flag! I've seen him do it time and again courage is the backbone of leadership and he's got it! School [...]
Used to…
Where horses used to run where buggies rolled along where people heated rocks to warm their ice cold feet cars and trucks now run rubber balloon tires springs and shock absorbers roll across the [...]
Deep Draughts*, and The American Farmer
Crop Management Conference they labeled it The rest of the story is it's all about farming Year of Our Lord 2015 A baker's dozen of Ph.Ds sharing hearts and souls with a hundred fifty [...]
Boards from Parkville
Winter evenings on the farm Find me settled in Family room, they call it And indeed it is 5 red sweatered kids Pictured above the fireplace Me in my recliner Good light, good book, [...]
Grinding Cold
The calendar grinds along sifting winter's cold adding sun minutes here and there stretching daylight hours Cold toes and fingers stiff but not with age grasp the icy handles buckets and shovels and my [...]
Bindings
Books are bound together warp and woof of words and pages fibers woven into threads and strings woods woven into threads and chapters Front cover, back cover, bound and determined to state the notions and [...]