Tag Archives: corn

Riding a Low Ridge in Southern Kansas

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Absorbing the simple beauty of a summer afternoon along the backroads of Cowley County is a pretty good way to soothe the mind… Continue reading →

Posted in Exercise, Farming, Nature, Poetry | Tagged Ark City, Arkansas River, back roads, biking, corn, Cowley County KS, fields, Geuda Springs, river bottom, wheat | Comments Off

The Heavy Dews of Autumn

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Doc Arnett

I love the scenes of harvest, the long lines of color striping the fields and the way the dust rises in a sunset. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged autumn, cattle, combines, corn, crops, dew, dews, fall, fall in Kansas, harvest, milo, plains, prairie | Comments Off

A Shifting of Seasons

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the shifting of the seasons comes so subtly you can barely tell; this was not one of those times! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged apple cider, apples, autumn, changing seasons, corn, crops, fall, harvest | Comments Off

A Touch of Sun

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Out past Bendena,
just as I reach the low spot between slopes
and head back uphill,
the sun spills through an opening in the trees Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn, Bendena KS, combines, combining, corn, cutting beans, Doniphan County KS, harvest, northeast Kansas, shelling corn, soybeans | Comments Off

A Hint of Autumn Comes to Doniphan County

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The ridge beyond the ridge
barely shows in its darker tinge
against the fringe of smooth slate
that waits for the breaking of day Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn, brome, corn, crops, dawn, Doniphan County, fall, fog, hay, Kansas, mist, morning, northeast Kansas, scenery, soybeans, Wolf River | Comments Off

Praying for Rain on a Lord’s Day Evening

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I lie awake
a little past ten,
still praying for rain,
even while watching the lightning Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged ailanthus, corn, crops, Doniphan County, drought, dry pasture, Kansas, pasture, praying for rain, rain, soybeans, spraying weeds | 3 Comments

Seasonal

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Across the way from the beans, entire fields of corn have already been stripped to harvest. Long rows of stubble contour their way around the terraces, the ditches, the woods. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged corn, Doniphan County Kansas, grain, harvest, rapture, soybeans, tractor-trailer rigs | Comments Off

Harvest

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I’ve read and been told (and sometimes, twice is enough to get the job done) that the olfactory nerves are hardwired directly into the brain and that this explains why a certain scent can trigger vivid memories. Continue reading →

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