Marching in the Hamburg High School Band at football games was interesting & full of surprises. I can’t imagine what our Band Director went through every Friday night. Practice usually went well but the half-time show had a lot that was not included in his plan. There was a strong gust of wind that came …
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“Idle Hands Are…”
“… the devil’s workshop!” While I can’t remember when I first heard that, it must have been at least 70 years ago. For my dad, a farmer, being idle was a foreign concept. He saw all the things that must be done, and he knew the nature of young boys. He knew young boys left …
The More Things Change…The More They Stay The Same.
I am Blessed to have my mother’s tattered Bible (small Bible in the middle), mother & dad’s family Bible (large black Bible on right) and what I believe to be my grandparents very old family Bible (brown Bible on the left). As I turned the crumbly pages, I thought to myself, “Oh if they pages …
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The Power of ONE!
Do you ever feel like you can’t make a difference? Do you ever self-talk, “I’m only one person, what could I do?” “I don’t have ____ like other people have.” Flash, this thinking did not come from God! I know this because it would violate God’s Law of the Farm. I believe God used His …
Fingerprints & Stories
Fingerprints are evidence of someone being there. Each are unique. I’m not sure when or where the concept of God leaving His Fingerprints is from, but it has become one of my default responses throughout the day. This intentional looking for His Fingerprints keeps my relationship with Him fresh & Joyful. Each time it creates …
“Catch Anything?”
This one of my treasured possessions. It’s an early picture of my dad and his catch. Like most farmers, when there was time, the only hobby he had was hunting & fishing. I still have dad’s old tackle box with his lures and a small bottle of iodine (for young readers, this was the standard …
The Least Likely…
Life is full of the “least likely.” The shortest basketball player to play in the MBA is Muggsy Bogues. This 5’3’’ man played in 889 games for 14 seasons. Bogues had career averages of 7.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 7.6 assists. As a leader I look at most things as an opportunity. The first step …
Come Clean…
Growing up, I don’t remember we had one of these, but I’m sure we did. Everyone had a wringer washer. “Wringer washers were used from the mid-1800s until the 1980s” Google. The wringer washer used a simple process: 1. Water; 2. Soap; 3. Pressure. First, the agitator forced hot soapy water through the fabric removing …
Have You Got Your Hackles Up?
Hackles are “the hair or feathers on the back of an animal's neck that stand up when the animal is feeling threatened or agitated, or to the figurative meaning of making someone angry.” (Google) Our 6-month-old dachshund puppy gets her hackles up at everything. Like her, “We fear what we don’t know,” Anonymous. Last week …
From The Farm: The Scraper
Without a scraper on the disc blade, the disc can’t do its job. As you can see from the picture it’s a piece of steel that is mounted to the disc. As the disc blade cuts into the soil, the scraper does its job by not allowing the dirt to accumulate on the blade. This …
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