Becoming a young adult
Decisions, decisions and more decisions. This past month, our daughter, who is a junior in high school, created her class schedule for her senior...
Dad never had a four-wheel-drive
Four-wheel-drive pickups are an almost indispensable piece of equipment on Ozarks farms today. It’s hard to imagine any farmer or cattleman getting across pastures...
When a farmer gets sick
The sickness that was lingering in my household has finally left, but it didn’t go down without a fight! What I thought was just...
Snow day baking
This week we were hit by a mighty snow storm up on our mountain. On Monday, our school-age children were out of school for...
Moments that matter
In life we never know how something simple will impact an event, a day in your life, or a day in someone else’s life....
FFA took me to the big city
By the time I reached high school at Fair Grove, I was yet to travel to a city larger than Springfield. Then came FFA.
Those...
Weekly Expert
When I was regularly writing farm news and features, I became an expert on lots of agricultural topics – for about a week at...
Support Systems
My house has the flu and we are all down for the count. It hit me out of nowhere over the weekend and I...
Snowmageddon
Happy New Year! After a joyful family-filled Christmas break, our three youngest children went back to school this week. The weather forecaster’s predicted snowmageddon...
Old Roads with New Names
I picked up a county map after E-911 came in with a lot of names I didn’t recognize.
Dallas County’s map today gives a bunch...
