Category Archives: Farming

Cutting Edge

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Doc Arnett

With the wind chill at minus four and a scattering of snow on the ground, I believe that I can say that January has finally found us here in the near corner of Kansas. Continue reading →

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A Deliberate Caution

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Doc Arnett

a very deliberate caution

that does not allow

the seem of circumstance

to overwhelm the reality of truth.

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For the second time in a week, we reached sixty degrees yesterday. At the time of year when our normal high temperatures are in the teens, we’re looking at another week of the forties. The day started out with ominous omens. Continue reading →

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Winter Pasture

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

There is something about unity
that pleases even the heart of God. Continue reading →

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Atonement

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The early dawn sky to the west is a pale blue, tinged with the sort of soft pink that only shows in this time of night’s fading into day, the time between dark and sun. Continue reading →

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A Small Inconvenience

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Doc Arnett

A few more mornings of hauling water bucket by bucket and I will have to re-evaluate my preferences. Continue reading →

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After the Front

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Doc Arnett

To the east, just above the ridge that runs through Wathena, the last edge of three days’ of clouds forms a thin slate bed. Above that, a dull red lightens into pink, gives way to a pale hint of blue that stretches up and meets the passing darkness of night rising into day.
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A Single Shelter

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Fringed with the dark red of autumn’s ending, its cluster of leaves holds thick enough that the horses still seek its shelter and hold to their spot as if tied there. Continue reading →

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A Strong Drawing

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Autumn colors were barely past their peak as Dale and Betty drove us around and up and down the graveled hills and curves. Continue reading →

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Hayloft-II

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

the hayloft provided Paul and me with our one of our favorite winter recreation spots. Continue reading →

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