We visited a retirement home with a couple of our adult children this week. Neither Kathie nor I thought it was necessary but agreed we are at that age when those thoughts need to be entertained and explored. So we spent an enjoyable weekend in Fargo, first watching our beloved Minnesota Vikings end yet another season without capturing that coveted Super Bowl. 🙁 Then Monday at 1:00 pm we were given a tour of a very magnificent retirement facility. For…..
All of you reading my blogs are certainly aware that I spent most of my working years as a high school biology teacher. Being aware of that fact I’m assuming that you are assuming this blog will not be discussing the finer things in the world such as 24- karat jewelry. Teachers’ salaries especially in the early years did not leave much room for blowing the monthly check on an expensive piece of 24- karat jewelry! Fortunately, my wife Kathie…..
I am a simple man who speaks simple words. It has never been my expectation to ever become a writer that others would quote. But this Christmas to my surprise we received a lovely gift from our daughter and on that gift was a quote that did originate from me. Amazing! Our daughter was reading comments I had made on Facebook and most of those comments are certainly not designed to be lasting words of wisdom. Most of my Facebook…..
I am sitting at my computer composing another blog and an April snowstorm is approaching. When one’s mind is expecting spring to appear any day the thought of a fresh foot of snow is disappointing. So I’m going to continue in the disappointing vain for a bit. Because after twenty years of growing pumpkins and selling them along the highway that passes our house I have decided to retire from pumpkin farming. As I announced my retirement intentions to the…..
I’m a pumpkin farmer and as harvest time approaches I look back and realize there’s a battle going on in our profession. It’s not with the neighbors or the UPS man who occasionally visits. The spray planes that frequently buzz our house are even tolerated. The real battle is with all the little critters that are living among us and who assume we are renting space from them! The first critter to make life miserable for a pumpkin farmer are…..