Hidden holiday spirit
It’s Christmas time in the Ozarks, but I’m behind in getting ready for the celebration once again. My motto is more like, “I’ll get...
Counting cows
This morning, I may have come to the realization that I just might have outlived my usefulness.
We still have a little pasture left and...
Hidden holiday spirit
It’s Christmas time in the Ozarks, but I’m behind in getting ready for the celebration once again. My motto is more like, “I’ll get...
Some things are meant to last
For most of the last century, and all of this one, Hollywood and the tabloids have presented an image of love stories, courtships and...
Cheaters never win
During the spring of 1995, I was a senior in high school. I grew up in a small Missouri town with a high school...
Thankful for farmers
Bill and I didn’t hit the road this year for Thanksgiving because of the pandemic, so the day was a little different, but as...
New neighbors
As a result of the current pandemic, there have been some interesting side effects happening in my world of farming and ranching.
Firstly, the desire...
Thankful for farmers
The bird is in the freezer, the menu is set, and a scaled-down version of Thanksgiving is planned.
Bill and I aren’t hitting the road...
Building youth for the future
Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build the youth for the future.”
Eighty years...
Pumpkin everything season
I’m probably one of the few people in the world who absolutely detests the taste and/or aroma of pumpkin spice. I always have. Needless...
