Is this cool, funny, or sad? Margaret and I were occupied on Friday afternoon in the office with the topic of action figures and what Chat GPT perceives us to be. I guess this has become a “thing.” I admit, it was fun, especially at the end of a gray, rainy, and busy week of work. But recently, it has given me another reason to pause and think…
I was back in the saddle this week – the dairy saddle – when I ventured west to attend the Western Dairy Herd Conference in Reno. As a guest of the Axiota team, I covered their speaker and helped promote the event on the Morning Ag Clips. I am happy to report that it felt good to get back into it. It’s dairy speak. It’s science-based, economics, and…
Yesterday, I was walking on the beach in Fort Myers, Florida, and today, I am bound for the mountain air of Denver, Colorado. Commodity Classic, here I come! I’m looking forward to a fast, whirlwind two days. There are so many people to see and meet. I already feel my head spinning because my dance card is packed full. If you are there and want to connect, send…
Who is going to the Commodity Classic in Denver? ME! And I am so excited! I have never been to Denver, and I have never been to a Commodity Classic. The Morning Ag Clips has been supporting this major ag event for years…I thought it was about time I checked it out and met all of you who will be there. What do I want to know? …
A farm is different in the winter. Quiet falls all around. The big white flakes drop silently as steam rises in the freestall. The fields are still. The tops of cut-off cornstalks peek out under a tent of snow; the field mice and voles nestled down in the dead root systems to escape the winter cold. Hunkering down, watching out the window, staring into the quiet as a…
My head is swimming, and I am feeling overwhelmed! Why can’t things be easy?? The other day, when I was out for my walk, the strangest thought came into my head–at least for me. I thought about robberies. I thought about crime. And I thought about how lucky we are not to have much of that here in our little farming village. But do we? At least it doesn’t…
Thanksgiving 2024 is officially in the books, and the 2024 Christmas season is in full swing! It was a good Thanksgiving, full of family, laughs, and snow this year! I truly enjoy Thanksgiving. Unlike Christmas, there isn’t the underlying stress of shopping, decorating, party planning, and wrapping. Trixie and I may have been the first dog and 54th human across the finish line for the Thanksgiving Day Turkey…
The best piece of information that I got when I re-entered the workforce in 2011 was this: “You are going to screw up.” Bluntly, my new boss left it at that. I was a bit speechless. But after the initial shock of the statement, it kind of freed me up from worrying about doing the wrong thing. Because I was going to at some point. After that first…
That’s how many miles are in a marathon. That is how many miles three other friends and I walked on Sunday at the Saratoga Battlefield. We set out to walk a marathon, and we did it! All I can say is wow! I am unsure where to begin, as it was a very powerful day when I think back on it. After a few attempts to get 6…
A couple of weeks ago, I had lunch with a dear friend. She reached out to me in an email and asked if I wanted to have lunch with her…at her house. She wrote, “I know it’s old fashioned and not very fancy, but my hearing is getting quite bad, and it’s easier for me in a home setting.” That sounded lovely to me. When I walked through…
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