Thanksgiving Gas
Did you eat yams for Thanksgiving? Did they give you gas? Are you now expecting a fart joke in this week’s article? Do I now have a captive audience? Before Read more
Gobble Gobble
Do you think you could live a life similar to the life your grandparents, great grandparents, or great-great grandparents lived? Imagine doing some of the same things they did in Read more
Feeding the Wildlife
My dad loved driving tractors and other machinery, especially those used for the mechanical harvest of crops. Being born in 1926, he grew up during a time when many farms Read more
Singing in the Rain
It was the Sunday before Halloween and thus began my nightmare. You might remember that it started raining shortly after daybreak and it rained all day, all night, and into Read more
They Can Have My Looted Can Goods When They Pry it From My Cold Dead Fingers
It can be scary out there sometimes. I am not talking about the ghosts and goblins of Halloween. I am talking about how events can unfold which are probably mere Read more
We Are Losing Too Much
This week’s article will continue the fall harvest theme. Would you bend over to pick up a penny? How about 2 or 3 pennies? If so, would you do it Read more
Farmer Style
Back in the 1970’s I remember riding my bike to a new subdivision that had been recently built next to my family’s farm to see some friends from school. My Read more
Smoky Bear Says Fire Risk is High
How long can this warm, dry weather last? Many farmers are capitalizing on the extension of summer-like weather to harvest corn and soybeans. It was this time last year that Read more
