Inquisitive Innocence Of Children
“How many of you have a horse?” Maybe a half-dozen raised their hands. “How many like to read?” Four times as many arms up “How many want to be a cowgirl or a cowboy?” About 40 arms excitedly lifted into the air. That was all of the legs-crossed children on the floor.
Inquisitive Innocence Of Children
“How many of you have a horse?” Maybe a half-dozen raised their hands. “How many like to read?” Four times as many arms up. “How many want to be a cowgirl or a cowboy?”
Compensation For Home Intruder
“Don’t fall over the chair on its side fencing that calf in the mud room.” There should have been a kitchen table note to that effect. But, there wasn’t. Yet, the room light was on, so we saw the chair, and the calf wrapped up in what used to be our bed blankets
The Smile
It will make all the troubles go away. That may not be completely true, but those who smile do always feel better. Everyone around them is more positive as well. When a person is in a pleasant mood, the atmosphere improves for those nearby.
Positive Intentions Create Irritation
“That just makes a person’s blood boil.” Our judging team coach criticized us 43 years ago after we mixed up the placing on a Hereford heifer class in the college livestock judging contest at the Houston Livestock Show, when the official card was obvious to him.
Memory Loss Major Concern
“Forgetfulness is nothing to be taken lightly.” While jokes are made about such, it is very serious when one cannot remember. After spending time with our banker, we returned with papers and other items, sat down to reflect, and our checkbook was missing. Retracing our steps, looking everywhere around home, it just wasn’t anywhere.
Caution Can Prevent Disaster
“Don’t wreck it the first day.” That was advice given josh, but ten minutes down the highway, we were taking it seriously. Again our main transportation gave out last week. We had it shy of two years, but there were more than a quarter-million miles on the odometer, so it wasn’t that unexpected when the […]
Best To See At Night
“And, then there was light.” There hadn’t been any electricity in the barn for several months, since we started major renovation. All of the old wiring and fixtures were removed before any work began. Some of it had probably been there since rural electricity came to the farm early last century.
No More Waterline Procrastination
“Water is the most essential nutrient.” It’s a serious problem when the waterline freezes, and 40 heifers are standing beside an empty tank. Well pump in the cellar of the abandoned farmhouse at its best is a mess to describe it bluntly accurate.
Children’s Tractor Brightens All
“Sign up and win a tractor.” The invitation alone attracted considerable attention, but when passersby saw the tractor, broad grins spread across every face, and nearly all came to our farm show booth. Heavily involved in operating farm show booths more than 300 days in 43 years, coaxing farm folks to get a free paper, […]