The story of post-turtles
We’ve all witnessed it at one time or another – probably way too often.
You’re at a meeting, conference, or other type of gathering where...
Making a smaller foot print
In his 1977 novel “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture,” Wendell Barry wrote: “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source,...
Making the sale
I once worked as a foodservice sales representative. I learned my customers would push to get as much out of my employer as possible. It...
Helping neighbors
Farmers and ranchers share an unspoken bond of sorts, even if they have never met.
We’ve seen the bond countless times as farmers come...
The dangers of new technology
Anyone who knows me, knows of my disdain for new technology. My sons call me a dinosaur, my friends call me technologically challenged, and...
Helping neighbors
Farmers and ranchers share an unspoken bond of sorts, even if they have never met.
We’ve seen the bond countless times as farmers come...
Spring calves and the flu
For as long as I’ve been raising cattle, I have always turned the bulls in with the cows so that my spring calving season...
Missed opportunities
Super Bowl LII has come and gone, and, as always, most of the commercials were great.
Celebrities, athletes and others stumping for cars, beer, snacks,...
The daily race
And they’re off! This is how I feel every weekday after herding four children and a husband through morning routines. It’s been the same...
The golden age of TV
We weren’t the last family in our small farming community to get a television, but we sure weren’t the first, either.
It was the early...
