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The sun is out and the birds are singing I especially noticed this when I went to Homestead Mills to buy feed this morning. While we were loading up, the sparrows in the warehouse were...

The grasshoppers are gone

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Suddenly, as in almost overnight, our grasshopper plague has ended! I hadn't even noticed until Will mentioned it. No more clouds of grasshoppers flying up in front of us when we walk in the...

Of course it’s winter when your drier quits drying

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Well, I shouldn't really complain at all. After all, it is a well-used dryer that my oldest son, Bill and his wife had used for years before getting a new one when they moved...

You know it’s getting dicey when the mainstream press is forecasting food shortages

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I'm amazed to see all the posts on the internet regarding coming food shortages. Of course, we saw that definite possibility with all the weird weather, worldwide, plus the tariffs etc. Yes, we've been...

Holy cow! Did you ever have one of those days?

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Yesterday was mine! Our big refrigerator died, Crystal, our sweet donkey died, my computer died, Will's big tractor, with him in it, rolled down the hill and into the garden fence and the cows...