On the banks of the Puget Sound the town of Edmunds perches a little area there is known as 'The Bowl" Not hard to picture this scenic area nestled, backed against the hills Middle America, Mid-West, upper Mississippi Valley, is a bowl of sorts as well even though locally it's flat from space it would [...]
So here I sat in great grandma's wooden chair the spare my office has Next to me back straight as a Marine sat the latest geek! I the geezer, he the geek, gazed at the computer screen menus flashed as he clicked along Talk about fast! My 120 year old chair didn't care, as usual, [...]
Under our radar lots of things hide Whole worlds of little plants little animals grow and survive Earlier I wrote of God's favorite color (that being gray, that day) Well I now have discovered most interesting plants or animals or we're not sure what to call them When a fungus marries an algae it produces [...]
A farmer's life can be a challenge to body, mind, and spirit But in those challenges comes good as well The body has its limits borne out in getting tired Muscles ache, complain and more but for these a remedy exists The family room holds a recliner a great big chair that folds actually it [...]
Prairie rain can be profound pounding earth into hardened brick pounding people caught out in it Thunder booming lightning crashing big drops splashing, blinding wind whistling a frantic tune Nature on the run! The trees twist and turn and thrash about bits of leaves falling down branches cracking with the strain grass laying over, giving [...]
The scratchpads are full maybe over running It's Monday morning and it's not gonna work! Too much to do! Too many places to be! How is this gonna play out? Thank the Lord for the gift of life and opportunity energy and health and thinking ability Two steps back think prioritize write it down [...]
Pre dawn cool and dampness came to a head this morning Fog wrapped around the farm settling like a cumulous cloud on us Eerie kind of feeling walking out to work trucks and trains a half mile away sounded oh so close Even the birds were hushed from their usual sun up chatter The air [...]
Times and words do change people change with them Take a walk down merrily lane with me Pull up your mind's eye to picture a wooded valley stream dancing through it sparkling water, happy place a bonny bonny day I see some lovely pastures some slowly grazing cows I hear them call, and answer back [...]
Sunshine and snow after the blow are so very welcome The brightness is high sunglasses a blessing oh how the world glistens! Rain changed to snow ice freezing on trees silently enduring the burden then came the wind laced with snowflakes round and round it blew All night the moaning whistling of wind roads [...]
What did I see just the other night when the wind did blow and howl? First I heard the tympani roll louder and louder they pounded and boomed Then flashes of light zipped and zapped sizzling whatever they touched Then a big drop splashed then two then more and more and more All at once [...]