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Summers with the sling blade
As a kid, I used to dread this time of year. By now we usually had all of the corn hoed, the second cutting of alfalfa hay was in the…
Family road trip fun
Schools closed early. Baseball was canceled. Softball was canceled. Dance camp was canceled too. As I looked at our June 2020 calendar, it was mostly blank. Our family had planned…
County fairs and family traditions
In my family, we have only a few “traditions.” Traditionally, we gather for holidays and kids’ birthdays. It might not be on the day of the holiday or the exact…
Summers with the sling blade
As a kid, I used to dread this time of year. By now we usually had all of the corn hoed, the second cutting of alfalfa hay was in the…
County fairs and family traditions
In my family, we have only a few “traditions.” Traditionally, we gather for holidays and kids’ birthdays. It might not be on the day of the holiday or the exact…
No shame in a “C”
Last week, for the first time in 30 years, I had to perform long division…with a pencil and paper. It took me a while, but I did get the correct…
Celebrating Dairy Month
It’s June and that means it’s Dairy Month. Time to tip our hats to all the dairy producers in the Ozarks and around the country. Dairy is only a small…
Skirting the rules
There is so much uncertainty in our world right now it makes me feel anxious. We have moved through two seasons in this time of quarantine and social distancing. Our…
The uneducated consumer
It’s been said that the reason present-day society doesn’t understand agriculture is because the vast majority of Americans are now three to four generations removed from ; Most people, alive…
Celebrating dairy month
It’s June and that means it’s Dairy Month. Time to tip our hats to all the dairy producers in the Ozarks and around the country. Dairy is only a small…