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...
Tax Time
The new year is here, and we all know what that means…TAXES…the necessary evil of farm life. For me it means the hunting and...
Finding the joy
We have enjoyed watching the Elkins Elks football team all season. It has been a long and rewarding year for all the athletes involved...
New year, same old me
New Year resolutions, how many of you make them? I think in theory it is a good idea, but I have never been one...
The thing about gunny sacks
I never imagined, when I was a boy on the farm, that the day would come when I couldn’t count on finding a tow...
Thankful for fellowship
The teenage season of parenthood has been upon us for several years now. This is our first fall to have a child leave home...
