Plastic Farm AnimalsJoe Bageant, author of “Deer Hunting With Jesus” and newly released “Rainbow Pie” and pundit extraordinaire, died Saturday March 26 after a four month bout with cancer. I feel like my voice is gone. All my life I’ve been an idealist, quick to spot the wrongs in our world and strive to set them right. […]
This is a departure from my usual writing style. I can’t seem to focus on a story or topic but I feel the urge to write, so I’m just going to write what pops into my head. I’m working on our Trouts Farm Latest Photo Album for October this morning and looking out our office […]
Link stopped by today and we had a long three way conversation with Bob about this and that. Eventually, the topic of unconditional love came up. Bob referred to something Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote about people getting hung up on the word love, as in “love thy neighbor.” Vonnegut suggested we substitute the word “respect” […]
I recently celebrated my 53rd birthday and am finally ready to accept that there is no free lunch. I believe you get what you earn in life. You reap what you sow. Or, in the words of Paul McCartney, “And, in the end, the love you take/ Is equal to the love you make.” When […]
Bob and I used to think the boat-tailed grackles were the looniest birds on the planet. With their clicking, whirring and strutting, they surely made no sense. Bob thought the grackles probably wish they could make nice, normal, chirpy, birdlike sounds, but when they open their mouths, only squeaks and rattles come out. They sound […]