New Year goals
We have made it to 2026 and I am not sure where 2025 went. I feel like it just flew by, and I am...
No love for winter fishing
My dad taught me just about everything I ever needed to know about fishing, from starting me early with a riverbank sapling and length...
Giving to others
We are in the middle of holiday show season. For me that just means it is much colder when working with the show calves....
Behind the scenes
The past few weeks have been a flurry of activity as our local high school football team has won round after round of games...
An old country boy’s lament
If I claim to know much about the Ozarks farm landscape, I’m kidding myself.
When I drive the county roads near Brookline and Republic –...
Time change challenge
We are finally officially into fall with a first hard frost and the arrival of “daylight savings time”. I think it is silly that...
Signs of fall
I blinked and I found myself in the middle of November. Youth deer hunting weekend was a success for our youngest son. He is...
The best Christmas gift ever
With this Christmas I have been around for 77 yuletide seasons, some more memorable than others, but all treasured for particular reasons.
Like many of...
A most necessary gift
We all know how hard it can be at this time of year to think of gifts for friends and family who seem to...
Options in education
We are halfway through the first semester of school. This year we opted to educate our oldest son who is in tenth grade through...
