I’m glad to hear that my niece is enjoying more freedom on the Internet now that she has turned the ripe old age of 12. She is a good kid with a good head on her shoulders, a good student and all and all a good human being. But as we all know, it could be all down hill from here due to the change of hormones of course and the starting of middle school, which is a major turning [...]
One thing that really sucks about living alone and tending to the farm as much as I do is that holidays like April 1st (April Fools Day) are just another day on the farm. There is no one around to play a joke on, what a bummer. I used to love playing pranks on people as a kid, any day of the year was a good day to get a good laugh!
One of the hard things in getting older is the fact that our parents are getting older as well. It seems that I’m hearing more from friends these days about the bad health or the death of one or more of their parents. As some one that recently lost both of his parents I can relate to how horrible those times are. Seeing your parents grow old and sickly is heart breaking, something that no one looks forward to and [...]
It is all most 4 a.m. and I am still awake and plugging away on my computer. I have been having a bought of sleeplessness this past week for some unknown reason. Even though it is Saturday night and most people wouldn’t think of it being too big of a deal since most people are able to sleep in on their Sunday mornings. We, the farmers of the world, on the other hand have to get up with the chickens [...]
I have the perfect gift to give some one like my late-mother for Mother’s Day or any other gift giving holiday would be good as well. I’ve never seen one before, although I’ve heard the term “chains rain” before. But as I was mindlessly surfing the net earlier this evening I was looking at some rain barrels that would come in handy around here, when I came across a site that sells the most wonderful looking rain chains. My mother [...]