Life just keeps on happening
We've all heard the saying, "Life is what happens while we're busy making plans." Well, I am in the midst of living that truth...
No doubt the world is changing
"I will be an American farmer. American agriculture is one of the few things that still makes me proud of this country. It has...
A cheating Channing is still charming
"Old Major completed his herding of the milk cows and somehow came to realize that he had two full hours until he was needed...
Departed loved ones are still in our hearts
"Much to be thankful for, much to ponder which has passed away, much to contemplate which is yet to come." -- Silas Smith, 1918
Thanksgiving...
Now is the time for contemplation
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -- Abraham Lincoln
It looks...
It’s a relief hard-fought election is over
For those who are relieved this presidential election is over, I write this column. President-elect Barack Obama was born the year John F. Kennedy...
Harvest is work for some, play for others
This season brings lots of work, though the work is tempered with the accomplishment of a year of planning and labor. As a kid,...
So lucky to be Caroline’s mom
"The best way to keep children at home is to make home a pleasant atmosphere -- and to let the air out of the...
It was a dirty job, but we had to do it
Listening to politicians discuss our energy challenges in this country, coal as a power source comes up again and again. It makes me feel...
Challenges open our hearts to all that we have
There is nothing sweeter than a gloriously sunny October morning — a wide-open, no-demands Sunday morning — here on this beautiful farm.
I walked with...
