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…
Feeling like a rag doll, sometimes your mind and heart can be pulled in this direction and that—an actual juggling act for the psyche and heart. Sometimes, you emotionally get pulled in so many directions that your head wants to explode, just keeping up with it all. It’s been one of those Fridays for me. The day took on a life of its own due to what was…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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