May 13, 20206 min readFarming During COVID-19 Part 2I spent a lot of time reading, listening, pondering, and reflecting while writing last weeks blog about what being a livestock farmer...
May 7, 20204 min readFarming During COVID-19I have said this before, and so has everyone else, but these are some crazy times. One place where we visibly see the strangeness, and...
Apr 28, 20205 min readMay We All Have a Little More Chief in UsThese have been strange, funky, unprecedented, pick your own adjective and go crazy kind of times. In the beginning, I kept saying,...
Apr 22, 20203 min readLove Your MotherIt’s Earth Day! Actually, to be more specific, this is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! I would venture to say that any Earth Day...
Feb 27, 20206 min readA Lenten Journey of Gratitude and Caring for CreationBrandon and I are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We actually both grew up in ELCA congregations AND we...
Jan 21, 20207 min readMaybe You Have Chickens TooThere are obviously a lot of ways our environment impacts our lives, for each of us. For instance, I don’t think if Brandon and I lived...
Oct 18, 20193 min readThank You!I often think about the title of this blog – what people are expecting it to be and whether the content matches their expectations. ...
Aug 30, 20194 min readTraveling the World from our PasturesI remember in college when my campus pastor mentioned Brandon, thinking maybe we would be a good match for each other. My immediate...
Jul 7, 20195 min readThere’s No Place Like HomeI love going home! As I said in my opening blog, my childhood was great and the neighborhood I grew up in was wonderful. My parents...
Jun 30, 20193 min readDelayed Father’s Day AppreciationIt seems most people’s complaints about holidays are that they should not be celebrated for just that one given 24-hour period. I’m...
Jun 9, 20195 min readIt’s All About Food – ContinuedDisclaimer: For those of you who know me well, know I preface things far too much. It’s a character flaw, I’m aware. But we live in a...
May 19, 20193 min readIt’s in His DNAIt all started back when we were dating. I was wearing a necklace, and like a nice attentive boyfriend, Brandon complimented me on it. ...