Category Archives: Farming

End of Harvest

Well, I guess with the way this year has gone, I shouldn’t be too shocked to see a hard freeze predicted for this weekend, starting tonight.

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A Good Blending

Whenever we join in common purpose of doing what is good, what is kind, what is lovely, we yield a harvest better than its fruit. Continue reading

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Autumn on a Misty Morning

A dozen shades of prairie grass
cast their colors
between the bare tans of dirt Continue reading

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Close Encounters of the Hurt Kind

Focusing on our hurts nearly always makes them seem greater. Going on with the better parts of life frequently makes them seem less awful. Continue reading

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From Weed to Flower

Funny how blooms turn weeds into wildflowers, isn’t it? Continue reading

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Seasonal Thoughts

I note with some sadness
how early the darkness
comes already in the evening Continue reading

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Reseeding

There are things in our lives that have died and cannot be resurrected. Perhaps, even, should not be resurrected. Continue reading

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The Glory of Purpose

These may well be the ugliest apple trees I have ever seen, Continue reading

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One Piece at a Time

Whether you’re talking about mills or marriages, or a whole lot of other things, fixing one part is a start to things working better. Continue reading

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Rain Dance

This sort of freshening
does not often come in August:
soft and slow,
a gentle seeping
from cloud to earth, Continue reading

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