Real farm life is often not made-for-movies romantic
The cinema world has long romanticized many things, but none quite so over the top as Hollywood’s take on rugged ranching.
Special weekend brought pure joy
If one were to look back on a good life being lived, complete with the work, worry and challenges dropped in our path, it can feel as though one has hit a lucky streak when days of bubbling-over happiness land directly on our path.
Cattle have their own set of laws
A look at some laws regarding cattle from around the United States.
Hard farm life has its rewards
Growing up on a dairy farm was fun at times, but it was a whole lot of work, every single day.
Choices determine life’s path
Blind faith, with a dose of sometimes subtle instinct, is what often determines the opportunities we choose to grab onto and those we let pass by.
Mother Nature is surely in charge
Mother Nature sure knows how to play a cruel April Fools' joke. Following a week of sunshine, greening pastures and blooming flowers, rain, snow and howling winds attacked most of Ohio the beginning of April.
Life used to be more deliberate
Hard work and dreams of what could be, pushed early Americans to survive.
Nobody writes notes anymore
The days of the hand-written love letter are numbered. No lovely hand-written love letters will be treasured, kept under lock and key, one day taking you back in time.
Lessons from farm linger a lifetime
There are circumstances that come to shape us, both the paths we choose, and those chosen for us.
News bug bit me at an early age
Our big old black and white TV was often turned on only briefly in the evening, after the night milking and supper, just in time for the news.
