Tag Archives: cold

A Good Thawing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It takes a greater warmth
than slightly above freezing
to ease into these colder places
where fewer traces of sun
and warm breeze can reach. Continue reading →

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Of Coming Light

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Just above the dark spreading form
of the cottonwood tree,
a quarter moon bleeds through
the thin drifting clouds. Continue reading →

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Dodging the Wind

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I rather prefer a temperature of around seventy-eight or so, with a light breeze if I’m working outside and no breeze if I’m doing something important, like sitting in a lawn chair sipping a glass of sweet tea. Continue reading →

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Hard Morning

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Doc Arnett

With my layers of cotton clothing
and lined gloves,
it does not seem so cold— Continue reading →

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A Good Winter’s Night

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Doc Arnett

We spent Sunday evening at Randa’s brother’s house, having been enticed by Cheryl’s offer of ham and bean soup. Continue reading →

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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 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 →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged care, cold, devotion, frost, frozen hose, frozen water, horses, love, morning chores, provision, tending horses, trusting, water trough | Comments Off

A Quiet Praise

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

White stems of frost mark the whiskers of the horse around his nose where moist breath has frozen to the nearest available condensing point. He nickers as I walk along the snow-crusted grass path to the shed.

Continue reading →

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Geographical Gratitude

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

We will move like magic on the face of the pond and lake and laugh at the dog while we make geometric figures. Continue reading →

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The Work of Others

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I was glad, suddenly, that I wasn’t one of those whose lot in life doesn’t provide for their day’s work to be done in the shelter of warm walls and steady heat. Continue reading →

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