Legs and Muck
She stands in the drenched paddock after the thunderstorm, fork in hands, picking horse manure. We get a lot of production here on the farm. They say an average horse drops nine tons a year. Do the math. We have four average horses. We get lots of time to think while we’re mucking stalls and picking […]
Bear and Fish, Fear and Trust
The bush plane descends and the pilot directs our attention to the ground through the right windows. “Those black dots down there are bears,” Glen tells the three of us traveling to Geographic Harbor, a remote spot on the coast of Alaska. We learn that people come from all around the globe to this exact […]
Zucchini God
That’s right. Here on the farm, we have a zucchini God. The day before, we had a visit from the corn God. Now before anybody gets freaked out and thinks I’ve gone AWOL on the one and only triune God, read on. In all my years, I have never seen a longer spring or a […]
Faith–Keep It Simple
When I think of our Anna, I think of simple. First, she is simply beautiful without a speck of makeup. Her slight but strong frame stands exactly five feet tall and she weighs in at 95 pounds. Her shiny brown hair with natural golden highlights simply glows in the sun. Large chocolate eyes framed by […]