My Field Days

Things I learned at the Roosevelt County Fair… Everyone looks good in a cowboy hat!  Try one on sometime. If you’re showing your pig and he poops… just whip a rag out of your hip pocket, clean his rump, put that rag back in your pocket, and keep your eye on the prize.  There’s a [...]

Our go-to guy quit last week.  In our world, this literally means the person to whom we say “go to the job and do this or that.”  And in our world, it meant that I was the go-to guy today.  Go to the new house site for a major clean-up!  The framers and fireplace masons [...]

When you can… … drive along at 30 mph not worrying about the pain of hitting minor bumps in the road… … get in and out of your car with ease… …park anywhere in a parking lot and be happy enough to walk quite a distance because it means a little extra exercise… … get [...]

Sadly, it takes effort to relax.  Doesn’t seem right… but often times, that’s the way it works for me.  So glad I found a few moments this beautiful Sunday morning. It’s been too hot to sit out on the glider enjoying coffee.  I’ve tried it a few times, only to be chased inside by the [...]

I think I’ve probably been accused of having a Pollyanna attitude more than once in my life.  I don’t, you know?  I see lots of anguish in this world of ours, but I’m determined to keep on searching for the good, and pointing it out when I can. I don’t think it would come as [...]