Dude rancher’s dilemma
A young citified dude, Fellin Tuhitt, quickly came into a veritable fortune by selling a hot, new Silicon Valley dot-com startup. Needing to invest...
Watersheds
All my adult life I’m been intrigued by watersheds. Why? I guess it’s the simple fact that every single drop of water that falls...
Debt Collection
Ol’ Kleenan Baggitt, a farmer local seed corn dealer fell behind in his inventory payments to company headquarters. To make matters worse, Kleenan furthermore...
Family history uncovered
As I continue the age-demanded downsizing of our personal belongings, it’s surprising what I’ve found as I continue to sift and sort through all...
Haircut
A middle-aged, bachelor farmer one morning at breakfast begins to have severe chest pains. He decides not to call for an ambulance and that...
Yesteryear: How it was
I wuz chewing the fat with my neighbor last week and we were discussing our grandkids and great-grandkids.
My neighbor related that his big brood...
Downsizing surprises
As I’ve mentioned before, ol’ Nevah and I are in the process of downsizing our lives. It’s pretty much mandatory because of our advancing...
A.I.
This old aggie is having a little difficulty grasping the new meaning of AI. I’ve grown up with AI meaning artificial insemination — the...
Ants
Ever wonder why Americans have become so combative? We used to argue, but as I recall, the arguments were largely persuasive, not combative.
The above...
Never turn down a “freebie”
There’s a old country saying, “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” The corollary to that old saying for aggie columnists, like me,...