Category Archives: Farming

Old Lou

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Doc Arnett

The death/disappearance of our old Border Collie from sixty years ago… still remembered. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Death & Dying, Family, Farming, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Border Collie, death of pet, dog, farm dog | Comments Off

Riding through a Kansas Spring

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Just as seed needs light, moisture, and warmth, we need faith, hope, and love to produce good fruit. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Motorcycle, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged faith, farming, fellowship, Honda Shadow, hope, love, northeast Kansas, planting, spring | Comments Off

Rejoicin’ and Repentin’

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It is not always evidence of the Good Lord’s favor if my fields are greener than my neighbor’s. Continue reading →

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After the Barn

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It’s easy to clean off your boots when it’s all dry and dust. Easy to cleanse your soul… except when it’s not. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged confession, depression, hard times, muck, mud, renewal, repentance | Comments Off

A Slight Storm

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Doc Arnett

The grays and tans of gravel and sand
barely show through the thin glaze
of this day’s winter storm. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged feeding horses, God's care, God's provision, ice, snow, snowstorm, winter, winter storm | Comments Off

True Religion

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Doc Arnett

An indifferent holiness is no more Christlike than is a self-indulgent licentiousness.
Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged compassion, dairy farm, dairy operation, farming, holiness, purity, Todd County, Todd County KY, true religion | Comments Off

Dollar a Blister

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Some people just saw a big pile of rubble; I saw a chance to earn my own money. At age seven… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged blisters, cleaning brick, cussing, earning, old house, trick or treat, work ethic | Comments Off

Smoky Mornings

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Doc Arnett

On a misty morning like this, With the low hills of northeast Kansas Caressed by fog and covered with dew, And the fresh new of a September morning Muted by such clouds as this, It is hard not to miss … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry | Tagged dark-fired tobacco, firing tobacco, fog, foggy morning, Kentucky, smoke, tobacco, west Kentucky, western Kentucky | Comments Off

Dance of the Monarchs

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Doc Arnett

… in a world where things as fragile as butterflies
fight as best they can… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged butterflies, competition, food, mating, monarchs, sex | Comments Off

When Nature Sings

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes we’re a little too quick to think we’ve got a mystery of some sort demystified. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cow, explanations, faith and science, faith and understanding, mysteries, mystery, singing cows | Comments Off