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 to fly and flying away but coming back home the family farm a hundred thirty years and counting Eagles, eaglets [...]
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 each one and also for me How could that be that love can expand so and do it again and [...]
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 district train wreck finances askew teachers on the walk somebody needs courage plant a flag draw a line in the [...]
There really is a 'farm community' but it's bigger than one might think It stretches over farmers no matter where their land Soldiers have their trenches where many a battle is fought and those who lay the pipes and cables and those who dig the footings all are part of the soil With farmers it [...]
Chores done, early morning, Me 'n Grandpa are in the house Basement, actually Shiverin' cold out in the barn 'cept for the cow's warm teats But the huge coal furnace wafted warmth all over the basement toasting us before and after the shower Sunday morning, routine as usual church Grandpa puttin on his blue suit [...]
Some days are giant magnets pulling so hard they snap! And we go! Emotions ride hard and high about Christmas, family and being together Mom's and kids and grandkids tender dads, kisses and hugs caring that was born and grows always So highways and byways trains and planes and even ships take folks in and [...]
Turn the name, upside down, and it is, of course, rightfully so: WOW! She carries us, in part, as an egg. Waiting A funny fish attaches and human is created afresh Each and every single one different And so we grow hidden away protected and nourished precisely and grow and grow until some fateful [...]
More than a brother and a sister they come to share burdens and joys and their hands They lift and carry cook and drive working with us side by side Two by fours Building with those basic parts something more, better, more quickly This week two million pounds of corn harvested, transported Early morning [...]
< Sister, and mama, beloved Angelic on earth welcomed home for sure! She graced while she was here A presence, wherever she was, lighting the room with kindness and caring Tender, to all, she engaged with her smile and happy disposition How did she do it? suffering herself? Somewhere back in the Congo she gave [...]
Another door closes as Sonia's hands pull family treasures enclosed trucked here and there and Where? Glancing back on decades of goings...and comings Places flit across the minds eye Oregon, Illinois New York lines reach out to places as far away as France Home is where the heart is and heart begins with mom [...]