Tag Archives: feeding horses

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 →

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Christmas Eve Morning ’22

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Doc Arnett

A harsh wind, a muted sunrise, a fiercely blue sky above broken clouds… and farm chores… Continue reading →

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February Feeding in Northern Kansas

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Doc Arnett

A twenty percent chance of freezing rain has left a slight gray glaze on this February morning… Continue reading →

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Turnabout

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Does it just really bug you to see some spoiled brat out in public? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cold front, feeding horses, jealousy, spoiled kids, spoiling, unseasonably mild weather, weather | Comments Off

January’s Passing

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Even memory seems dulled
by the constant cold;
did the snows start in November
or was it even before that
this year? Continue reading →

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A Pale Sun

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Doc Arnett

It doesn’t take much wind
to put an ache in your hands
when the temperature lands
in the area of minus double-digits: Continue reading →

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Our Daily Bread

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Doc Arnett

All that passes upon this earth
looks forward to its feeding,
bleats its pleadings into the wind
and sends itself toward whatever lies before. Continue reading →

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Evening Feeding

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Walking down to the hay barn
in the late light of ending day,

I see soft streaks of color,
strokes of lavender and pink
left above the sinking sun,
Continue reading →

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The Lifting

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A quarter-moon hangs
high in the midst of a southern sky,
its light distinct above the low slate
of this pre-dawn darkness.
Continue reading →

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Feeding in the Fog

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It is good to know the sight of home,
good to keep its glowing firmly in heart Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged alfalfa, brome, feeding hay, feeding horses, fog, guidance, guiding light, home, inspiration, light, timothy | Comments Off