This article was published with the Progressive Farmer’s Our Rural Roots column. Our horse, Lou, is 25 years old. We know that his days and his rides are limited. I can’t think too much about it or my eyes start to leak. He’s a bay quarter horse that has done it all. He is one ofContinue reading “My Horse Is My Hero”
This article was published by Progressive Farmer as part of their Our Rural Roots column. When the wind was blowing at 60+ miles per hour at 7 am, I knew we were in for a long day. I immediately thought of the March day a couple of years ago when the fires came to the TexasContinue reading “Because We Prayed”
Sharing my column I wrote for Progressive Farmer’s February issue. Here is a photo of the big closing day!
This article was published as part of the Our Rural Roots column with DTN Progressive Farmer. The traditions my family practices each Christmas Eve are some that I hold most dear. Candlelit church service is followed by tamales and posole for dinner, and negotiating over how many gifts will be opened that night. But, myContinue reading “Away in This Manger”
I wrote the following article as part of Progressive Farmer’s Our Rural Roots. Fall is my favorite time of year, and I am fairly sure I have passed that on to my two farm kids. Every day on our way to day care, they excitedly watch and report on everything they see in the fieldsContinue reading “Harvesting Life Lessons”
I recently wrote this article as part of the Our Rural Roots team with Progressive Farmer magazine.
I love writing as part of the Our Rural Roots team for Progressive Farmer. This month, I’m sharing one of my favorite stories of my Gran.
I recently published this column in the DTN Progressive Farmer magazine “Our Rural Roots.” The family farm is sacred ground. I think about it sometimes. The dirt. And how my grandparents and my children, although they never met, have both held it in their hands. Generations, four to be exact, have worked this land. They’veContinue reading “The Family Farm Is Sacred Ground”
Late last year, I was contacted by Progressive Farmer magazine to be one of four writers for a column series called “Our Rural Roots.” Um…the chance to write about the family farm and get published in one of the leading farm magazines?! Sign me up! Today, my introductory column came out and I’m thrilled toContinue reading “Always a Farm Kid”
Always a Farm Kid 