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 [...]
Scientists search but can't find exactly all the human dimensions What we call 'heart' a case in point. Neutrinos zoom faster than light continuing to amaze and puzzle Photons gather yet appear in other places continuing to amaze and puzzle Along life's highway babies are born are locked in love for lifetimes continuing to [...]
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 [...]
Time was there was a treasure buried in a field One wise fellow sold all he had and bought the field and so bought the treasure A special farmer story the wise ones know and then invest themselves in the treasured fields Gerald Compton did that I know His family his faith his farming [...]
For some folks wave after wave of memories wash upon our lives Indeed, I'm getting older! Sometimes gentle from childhood times... I remember my step dad lugging me up to bed I was nine and car travel made me sleepy Good guy that he was his strong arms scooped me up and he carried [...]
"All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child..."* There comes a moment, Christmas eve, late at night in our house, when the little ones sleep and the packages are set as well as the plans The rounds have been made to gather the gifts the food is all waiting to [...]
Along life's highway are many changes Ups and downs and curves abound Day and night and twilight too mix the days as we live along Bits of gold are here and there but certainly not the norm as not all that glitters is really gold Ah, but life can be good! Christmas and Easter [...]
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 [...]
One of life's desserts is walking with a friend. Priceless those times whether in silence just being together or in conversation probing life's mysteries sharing joys sharing pains sharing being. Maybe it's a little bit of heaven pared down to a pair Outside oneself feelings extended exposed but safe Like a snapshot capturing a [...]