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 the shop Overnight cold was winter's hold refusing to let go to the sun The January thaw was working Gulf [...]
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 and brass we mold, shape, file and weld The farmer is a visiting conductor a concert master too finely trained, [...]
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 ideas of humankind It's those bindings that get them shared Not one reader or two, but hundreds and thousands and [...]
Unlocking secrets of creation opening doors, Monsanto folk are real Adventuring forward, looking backward checking, checking, and checking again Is this good? Is this okay? Is it better? We're talking food here Young scientists, men and women moms and dads creme de la creme of scientists abide in the labs, the greenhouses putting 'new' in [...]
Oblivious! Sitting on the garden fence Perky as can be rain peppering the patio rapidly Sitting tall rain sliding off her easily she was thinking 'earthworm', I'll bet! As our rich black soil soaked it in the loam will surface the worms oh, fat and juicy! Filet de earth! made for each other? Our farm [...]
Kindness came to earth the prairie speaks to us sacrificed plants over thousands of years turn the soil to ebony black Gentle rains make it shine glistening in the morning Son Father creating mother, it seems Breaking winter's hardness the earth tilts to give us warmth farmers do their things scratching, massaging mother earth laying [...]
The giant tender is a ghost a galleon floating back and forth sprinkling plant food along its pathways Satellite driven much straighter than an arrow it glides my field...in through the early morning fog Corn seeds wait nestled in my shed waiting for the perfect day they'll be poured into my planter and tendered into [...]
Early springtime winter holding on squeezing us tightly, nightly sunup showing a light white blanket glistening with sparkles in the morning sun frosted, our cake Scarce known our cake is what we walk on blindly calling it 'dirt' but what a glorious cake it is! Teaming with life unseen to the naked eye a billion [...]
First...Americans an interesting lot trained the boys to be hunters, and warriors Hunter meant meat the women did farming childbearing, rearing, cooking clothing, blanketing, beading corn, beans and squash, the staples Then first white folk Europeans, of differing ilk Importantly, crucially, people of The Book a different concept therein First among equals Indeed, there were [...]
The world is held in tension Created that way Sustained that way Pause and reflect on rain with me Picture a prairie farm Mid summer day Hot Soil dry and hot Thirsty plants Dark clouds rolling in Thunder Farmer and his wife looking up Praying Big raindrops splash their faces Tears of joy mix with [...]