Have the dark and gray January days got you down? Same for Glenn, but at least he's doing what he loves.
"All I know is 2020 is over and I can safely say if you are reading this, you survived it and that is worth something."
This week is my week of holiday chores. Chores get to be a grind – especially during the winter – but there is something about holiday chores …
Jesus’s birth was first announced to the shepherds. Here's why: those of us in agriculture are more prone to believe in what we do not underst…
"It’s funny how someone you see a couple of times a year can have such an impact on your life, but Merv was one of those guys."
We have settled into our winter routine around here. It took a little while for everything to get comfortable but now we are down to the munda…
"My wish for each of you this Christmas is to not lament about what is missing but to savor and enjoy what is present. Do not spend time think…
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"Do not focus on the negative and what we cannot do but rather on the good things in your life. Because, my guess is that there is more good t…
This week is our wedding anniversary, and it is a big one. I started to say and important one, but all anniversaries are important — especiall…
"Like thousands upon thousands of students at Kansas State over the past 49 years, I took Dr. Flinchbaugh’s ag policy class. That class and ge…
"You go from feeling good about what you have accomplished to the idea that the calves had outsmarted you. It was not a good feeling."
"We finished harvest last week, and it was a pretty good one for the most part. We had few problems other than one lost spring, one broken cha…
I want to start this off with a disclaimer, because that is the best way to start anything off. What I am about to say is not aimed at just on…
Did you ever have a day when you have the simplest of tasks lined up – a day that should be simple, yet you find yourself struggling to finish…
Along with fall comes harvest. Well, I am not in harvest season yet. I am in that weird in-between time I call waiting season.
"The younger version of me had a much larger ranch with many more cattle. I am not sure why that did not happen."
Yesterday we brought the fall cows home to calve. All we had to do was load and haul them home. The facilities were good, and the cows were ul…
"That left me with one last field to plant — it was the one I had been dreading all day. It was the farthest from the seed tender, hardest to …
I was late to my meeting Saturday night. I kind of knew ahead of time I might be late, but it did not happen the way I had planned it. In fact…
"I find comfort in knowing that I am a better person because she shared her opinion and wisdom with me, and I had enough sense to listen."
Some problems are universal. This past week I met a fellow sufferer.
"In the parable of the sower, Jesus taught us a semester of crop science in one paragraph. He covered soil science with the rocky ground, pest…
I must admit, I had gotten spoiled, and two person chores go a lot faster than solo. I always gave Dad a hard time about just taking me along …
You know that little voice in the back of your head telling you that what you are about to do is a mistake? Yeah, I have one of those, too. An…
It is the silly season of politics again. It seems like we had an election just a couple of months ago rather than a couple of years ago. I gu…
This past weekend we visited North Dakota because my son is spending the summer as an intern on a ranch.
The news has been grim and somber the past few months, and I am not going to lie – it is getting me down.