It’s all about farming… When I first started understanding the Internet and YouTube videos—probably around 2012—the kids were young. I remember one of the first things I let them watch on my computer screen was farming videos. They were hooked. They loved them – everything from tractors to big rigs and even farm dioramas – they were watching. And then, one Saturday, about a year later, I glanced…
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Today is the 11th Anniversary of the Morning Ag Clips! Happy Anniversary MAC! On these important days, I always take time to think. It renews and reminds me of why I am here, and where I am going…and what it may take. So I thought I would share my two favorite words… In business. In health. In family. In money. And in friendships. Introducing to you Persistence and…
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What I didn’t notice… On Friday, I went on a bike ride. It was just me riding on a long country road. It winds and has some pretty steep climbs, but it is beautiful and worth the steady climb. The reward on the way back, with its long, swooping downhills, is breathtaking. It was a gorgeous, early fall day, and I couldn’t sit inside and work anymore. I…
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Me: “Boo, I am detoxing today.” Sam: “You’re what?!” Me: “Detoxing… from all the crud I have eaten over the last 2 weeks at the fair and camp. I feel like a slug, I need to get rid of all the sugar and salt.” Sam: “Okay.” 5 minutes later Sam: “Mom!” (smile with an eye roll) Mom: “What?” (sheepish grin) Sam: “Seriously? I thought you were “detoxing”? Mom: “Ummm… (sheepish grin again)… I…
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I would like to introduce you to 5 very important friends of the Morning Ag Clips: Reliability, Integrity, Authenticity, Teamwork, and Joy. This group of five is considered our inner circle, the core. It is the team we go to at the Morning Ag Clips when we need a reminder of who we are and what our purpose is every day. These 5 dig in, roll their sleeves…
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To air condition or not to air condition? That is the question. I have always been opposed to air conditioning. I hate the sound. I hate the filter system. It gets moldy from moisture building up. Then people breathe it in, and they get sick, blah, blah, blah. I hate the cost of buying them and running them. I hate how they can smell–goes back to the care…
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Some years, one gets a little more stage time compared to the others. We honor that, as the emotions run high when you bring everyone together for a few days each year–but we wouldn’t want to have it any other way. We will take the drama, all of it, as long as we are together. The fireworks display, in particular, has always been an area of every emotion…
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It was a lazy afternoon… The cicadas were thrumming in the background, as I hopped from shade tree to shade tree, to get out of the hot sun. The scent of freshly mowed hay filled my olfactory senses, intoxicating me like a drug. I made my way along the brook’s bank, stopping and peering down on it, listening to it trickle. Bumbling on its way to the river, it…
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My question is this: What do you get a dad who has everything for Father’s Day??? You get them his daughter’s boating license! Right? I bet you guessed it, didn’t you??!! Well, Dad, this one is for you. I did it! I passed my boater’s safety course and can now run the boat, legally, at the lake. No more getting after me! What are you going to worry…
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National Donut Day! And we did it up in the office! We are a crew driven by food. All of us find great joy in eating–together. Lunch is at noon every day–so everyone can eat together. (Chandler won’t eat before the clock chimes 12 o’clock–much to Elisa’s chagrin!) So, National Donut Day was an excuse to eat and be merry, and we did! While putting together a reel for…
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