Where has all the innocence gone?
"If you're in the wrong place, the right things don't happen."-- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1942
There are some things we are given absolutely no choice...
Spanky has stepped into leadership role
"On the farm, I'd come to see that my animals managed to avoid, almost entirely by instinct, the dramas that humans create for themselves....
A lesson from a soft drink cup
"Wes Jackson is fond of saying that if your life's work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough. And no...
Dad’s legacy lives on in memories
“My father asserted there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment. There’s something about getting up at...
We have so much for which to be grateful
"Dad hitched up the horses and told me the farm was my responsibility now. He was going in search of work, for a week,...
‘Pippi’ makes everything less scary
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a...
Summertime brings back memories
"The summer skies are darkly blueThe days are still and brightAnd evening trails her robes of goldThrough the dim halls of night." -- Sarah...
Bring back the good old days
“Never pass up a good opportunity to shut up.”
— Will Rogers
Tomes of writing have been published on opinions, philosophies, old-fashioned ways...
Our pony Topper is a keeper
"It excites me that no matter how much machinery replaces the horse, the work it can do is still measured in horsepower...even in this...
Judge pony by character, not its past
"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." --Sir Winston Churchill
I never would have...
