Saturday, December 13, 2025

Yield, Milo

Bird hunting nostalgia

Getting old brings many irreversible life-changes. Most of those changes I've taken in stride as unavoidable. But, the life-change that I regret the most, -- and the one that...

Involuntary church donation

Churches in rural communities almost always find themselves in need of money to sustain themselves. Voluntary donations from passing the plate during services too...

Competitively priced shingles

Shopping for farm and home products wuz a lot different back in the "good ol' days," compared to shopping for the same stuff these...

Unusual farm purchase

Within our group of old geezers who gather twice a day to convene a gabfest and guzzle coffee, the topics of conversations run the...

Sly harvest trucker

This is a true harvest truck driver story from decades ago. A 60-something farmer used his seniority on his farm to claim the job...

Lucky me!

The Beef Industry is in the news every day it seems, so now seems an appropriate time for me to re-live a couple of...

Get a grip

If you browse the internet on looking for some off-the-wall "stuff," you often are successful. My most recent internet find was about grip --...

Long football season

The long-suffering wife of an elderly retired farmer wuz complaining to her neighbor about how her hubby got so wrapped up in how his...

Original Wealth

Last week I learned that I'm a pseudonymuncle. What's that, you say? Well, a pseudonymuncle is defined as "an insignificant person writing under a...

Unlucky traffic ticket

My friend from Asbury, Mo, ol' A.C. Doocey, recently got the strangest traffic ticket I've ever heard of. A.C. has retired from part-time farming and...

“Old Iron” speaks memories

Last week, I fantasized about the conversations "Old Iron" might have if it could talk. That was all in imaginative fun. So, this week it's...