Category Life Lessons
Earth Day 2021 – This time we mean it
As if all those other Earth Days were just for show, or mere practice. No, I think we’ve accomplished something over the years. Perhaps not as much as we might have… and possibly less than what is needed. But imagine how tense matters might be if the seed hadn’t been planted, and the conversation had never […]
Random thoughts
Random… as if this blog hasn’t been random enough. Today I’ll share a few things that have crossed the path over the last several days. These should touch upon science, farming, food, and living a measured life… hopefully going somewhat along the lines of the mission here. Science – several days ago I was doing […]
Nails wish they were this tough
On the 9th of November I had to stop over at the shop by the processing tower where I work. This is a tall building full of equipment to separate soybean seeds from plant debris, insect parts, and other non-seed items. Pretty industrial. Concrete and steal all around. Not the sort of environment one imagines […]
Tracking time
Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November… all the rest have thirty-one, except February. But there are not a mere three lengths to our set of months. There are five different month lengths. How so? Daylight savings time. This year March was cheated out of an hour, and November gets an extra hour. For […]
Farm music
Early of a morning, out in the fields, Mother Nature fills the quiet with a music of her own. Birdsong if you’re lucky, crickets otherwise. Sometime you might hear the patter of raindrops on the leaves, the pleating of a lamb, the grunting of a hog, or the crowing of a rooster. If you’d rather […]
No complaints
The weather is miserable. Not really news. So why complain, right? But imagine complaining is not even an option. The rabbits, squirrels, foxes, groundhogs, and deer just hunker down and put up with it. At least they’re warm blooded. The cold blooded must deal with it as well. And though evolution has provided them with […]
You’re not connected to a network
Oh my. Is that serious Doc? How long have I got? What if the neighbors find out? I hope it’s not contagious, or perhaps – I should hope it is. A couple weeks ago Alan Jacobs left a note at his (macro?) blog Snakes and Ladders about his efforts to shrink his exposure to the […]
Clerihews on review
Poetry is a broad artistic pursuit. There are many forms, styles, and qualities. Poets come in all sizes, shapes, and accomplishments. There are poems which posses little hope of being mistaken for great literature… but still may offer a little smirk. For me the limerick often does the trick. The clerihew comes fast on the […]
Last call for 2018
There seems to be value in reflection; where we’ve been, what we’ve done. Positive memories bring a nostalgia and warming of the heart. Negative memories call forth a resolve to learn from mistakes or guide us toward paths which avoid repeats. The turn of the year seems as good a place as any to take […]
Riff on an old saw
At a livestock auction long ago, my father and I had finished loading up our purchase and were turning about to make our exit. It had started to rain lightly, and the already muddy drive was getting worse by the minute. As we made our way up toward the hard road we came upon a […]
Gulliver's Pulse 
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