Sunday, December 14, 2025

Yield, Milo

Laugh tracks in the dust: The curse of Henry

Ah, the joy of sweet success. As you’ll recall, last week I recounted how a persistent, even arrogant coyote wuz stalking my little chicken...

Laugh Tracks in the Dust – Dad-gummed coyotes

The feather-hungry, dad-gummed coyotes have my little chicken flock in their sights again. And one big, ol’ wanna-be chicken killer is even arrogant about...

Laugh tracks in the dust: Single Blonde Female

I love this supposedly-true story. This classified advertisement ran in a local newspaper: “Single Blonde Female seeks male companionship, ethnicity unimportant. I'm a very good...

Laugh Tracks in the Dust: Lessons learned with Mocephus

This is one of my favorite times of the year — when the profusion of fall prairie wildflowers are widely in bloom. The yellows...

Laugh tracks in the dust: “Redneck Navy”

Hurricane Harvey left behind one thing more important than damage. It left behind the knowledge on the American psyche that in a pinch we...

Laugh tracks in the dust: Pilot

Our eldest daughter is awesome. Let me describe how awesome she is. On her 50th birthday on August 21 for her birthday celebration the...

Laugh tracks in the dust: Historic anniversary

Ol’ Nevah and I decided to make our 53rd anniversary an “historic” one. No, we didn’t do anything historic ourselves, but we did spend...

“Laugh Tracks in the Dust: Fantastic Weather and Fair Premiums

Fantastic! That’s the only word to adequately describe the weather we’ve had here in the Flint Hills the first half of August. After a...