Daylight savings time… …how I loathe thee. You feel like an archaic institution that has not yet been thrown out. Can we get rid of you? Your presence means that I will wake up even more tired and grumpy than usual on a Monday morning. From my perspective, you mess everything up. You wreak havoc with my rising time. I must wake to darkness with no sun to…
If you haven’t read or listened to it, I highly recommend the true story about the Antarctica expedition trip that Ernest Shackleton led on the great ship, Endurance. It’s inspirational and truly amazing. I am motivated every day by great leaders, and Ernest Shackleton resides at the top of my list. Hail Shackleton!…
Once a day, once a week, or once a month. It’s an event to be marked, especially when performed with family members. Moving animals. Reading the moods ahead of time doesn’t seem to matter, as you know, dispositions are likely to change on a dime. It is nearly impossible to anticipate all of the loopholes that an animal or herd of animals will find. Some days it’s like…
This morning on my walk up to the pasture, I heard Spring. Birds… When I walked by the woods, I noticed the blue tubing was up — the sap lines were ready to receive and transport the sap run. In the air, a hint: The very faint smell of earth, gently nudged at my nose on its way by. It gave me an extra spring in my step…
Here are my 3 Valentine’s! Tyler, Jacob, and Sam. To be honest, Valentine’s Day is a day that I am challenged with. Not because I don’t believe in telling people that you love them, but because I know, for just as many people who are feeling the love today, many more are feeling just the opposite, very unloved. It makes me sad. Maybe today, you should consider showing…
I love watching my kids play basketball. Every year, it gets more fun as they grow, change, and all of the kids get better and better at working together as a team. It’s a culture also, an institution of going to games every Friday night in the dark winter months. Truly, it helps me get through the bitter cold. The games are about sitting in the same spot…
This week, Trixie helped me put together a video for the Morning Ag Clips. She played with her toy squirrel in the office and tried fervently to work on a new trick with Margaret..but failed. She got too anxious and started to bark. Marg did not reward her sassy behavior. It’s very hard being an office dog. 🙂 But so special to us! She provides much-needed love…and daily…
Walking down to Nan’s house when I was 5, it was my first taste of freedom…and coffee. My mother stood at our house and watched me walk down Iron Works Road to my grandparent’s house. My grandmother on the other end, watching me come to her. My sisters, too little to go, were still napping. I felt so big. When I arrived, Nan and I would go into…
(Written in 2018–the was a favorite) The sky was gray and heavy with snow. Brimming over in the last hour, the flakes had begun to fall. Darkness filled the sky early these days as we neared the Winter Solstice on the shortest day of the year. I slipped out of the house and headed for my favorite place, the barn. Out of the corner of my eye, I…
Anyone who has ever lived in an old farmhouse during the winter has a special appreciation for what it is to feel warm, inside. 🙂 In an old farmhouse, it’s about waking up to frosty windowpanes, and watching the curtains blow, ever so slightly, to the rhythm of the wind blowing in through the cracks in the casings. It’s listening to the sporadically rattling old storm windows that…
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