A skiff, a flurry, a snow storm, a blizzard we have them all on the prairie! For cash grain farmers the same applies to meetings during winter! The constant change, in agriculture drives us to always be learning So, when winter comes so do meetings and they come like the snow Computers help an [...]
Grandpa had a lot of cattle a hundred forty head or so and thus the pasture lessons! Along life's highway valued flags to sift and sort some wisdom Cowpies always favorites! Dried, they made nice campfires wet, like polka dots we learned to step around them lesson one: cowpies happen Nature has its ways, [...]
Some folks have 'em some folks don't! I'm amongst the chosen few One might say we all are witnesses to the capture of piles of stuff and not all are bad, you see Haystacks in a summer scene bode winter food for cows and horses and their needs Stacks of money aren't that bad [...]
A century ago here in Champaign County a small group of farmers assembled America, this is where freedom of assembly is a law of the land Farmers and their land a communion of sorts people combing and brushing seeding, tending and harvesting soil, intellect, and labor combining to grow the things that feed us [...]
Of course a centennial farm has history! memories scattered across a century Each field has pictures snapped and kept in someone's mind, to savor, ponder My 80, she called it Ida Augusta Bialeschki who married a hard working guy Alfred Warfel was very well known as a premier hard worker, smart Why, he could [...]
A grain of corn was slipped into the mother earth Moist, warm soil responded, and soon the kernel was swelling Life emerging from the heart a tiny shoot slipped out and burrowed deeper, ever deeper another shoot slipped out to seek the sun Power up, and power down mitosis kicking, screaming not to be denied [...]
Something about the season has caused a flood of buds They are thicker than I've ever seen them gracing the yards and streets Some with fragrant smells wrapping around a spot but all with great achievement a worthy site to ponder What do they know kept secret from us? Will the summer be a time [...]
< For some 70 years now, this workshop has produced If you are one of those who is 'outcomes based' A treat is in store for you here! The shelves and drawers are full tools of the trade are in waiting for the five generations who've labored herein Some of the tools are history some [...]
Ah, yes, I am a farmer! And it is good to have all the corn planted! And it is good to receive a blessing rain! Gentle. Soft. Whispering down on the rich black soil. Soaking down to bathe the seeds... Can you picture a perfect bath? Settling down into soothing warm water. Leaning back, [...]
O that our thanks could measure up to the heights of our blessings received The power of suns rising matched in a Savior rising opening heaven's doors for us The power in our air the pungent scent of spring plowed soil the clean breath of summer rain the labored odor of oil and fuel [...]