Knees and Waves on the Fourth of July
For me, Independence Day has never been as much about fireworks as about corn. For as far back as...
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Category: Farm Life
Who Needs a Teddy Bear When You Have a Teddy Baby? {Mom to Mom}
Here’s a family story to make you smile and maybe even want to cuddle a baby. Who Needs a...
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Quick Takes of the Tall Corn Variety
Look! Two weeks in a row! Well, don’t get tooooo used to that… 🙂 — 1 —...
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Summering with Mary
A Mary Moment Monday post We have fields of corn surrounding our house this year, growing into a...
Read MoreWhy Veteran’s Day Makes Me Think of Sheep
This is from the 2009 archives, and since I thought of it just the other day, I thought I’d share it here again. A Mary Moment Monday post I was making my morning cup of tea (the cup I make after I decide that, in fact, a...
Read MoreNo One Here but Us Chickens
Remember our chickens? They’re not so much cute little chicks anymore…they are officially pullets (young hens who have not yet laid eggs). Today, I thought I’d introduce you to them, along with my...
Read MoreAppreciating Fall
This year, I’m appreciating fall in a new way. I credit my sister-in-law, the one who has moved back to Ohio after seven years away from our version of fall, with this heightened awareness of the beauty around me. I...
Read MoreDog Drama Continues
Here’s a tale (or a docked pair of tails, as it were) of tears and giggles, shared in part because otherwise the five of you who pay attention to the details around here will be highly confused by the different doggy faces...
Read MoreQuick Takes at 3:15 AM
~ 1 ~ If I’m awake at 3:15 AM, I’m not usually online and blogging. This strikes me as common sense. But since I was WIDE AWAKE this morning (or is it night?), and since I hadn’t scheduled my Quick Takes (did...
Read MoreDog Tales during the Dog Days
This week, our life was inexorably altered when our dog Petie, who I’ve been calling the Jack Russell Terror in this space for years, died unexpectedly. In honor of the years we’ve spent together, and because it...
Read MoreMaking Do…with a Smile
Part of the Mary Moment Monday series I had an attack of PoorMe the other day. There was no good reason for it (but, really, is there ever?): I was just not feeling well and was watching a home improvement project take longer...
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