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A New Image to go with the History of Japanese Internment

By on June 3, 2013 in agriculture, personal insight

Those of you who know me well or who have read my blog a long time, may remember my family is closely connected to Japan. You may not know I also have had a real interest in the Japanese internment camps in the U.S. for several reasons. And all of them have incredibly clear images [...]

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T is for Tillage — Understanding “When tillage begins, other arts will follow.”

By on April 26, 2013 in ag awareness

Tillage is something that while it may not be well-understood by everyone, it has a romantic quality. We’ve seen some of the earliest photos taken in the United States were of people behind a mule and plow, parting the ground, turning it over in an effort to make the ground conducive to growing plants. That image [...]

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northeastern Kansas prairie

P is for Prairie & Growing Pinto Beans on the North Dakota Prairie

By on April 20, 2013 in ag awareness, food

Since I was traveling again this week, I got behind again…. so I am going to catch up somewhat quickly. P is for prairie today, because I was traveling through a bit of prairie over the last few days. A lot of us have heard of prairies and may even get a photo in mind. We [...]

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I is for Irrigation — Water Use & Conservation on the Farm

By on April 10, 2013 in ag awareness

Irrigation is one of those crop practices that was really near and dear to people’s hearts last year since so much of the U.S. had a drought last year. I know here in St. Louis we all longed for rain and in the meantime, I was glad I had a timer on my soaker hose [...]

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Bethany Hills Camp, Kingston Springs, TN

Bethany Hills Camp — One of My Happy Places

By on March 12, 2013 in photo

Last week’s 365 project post included a photo that drew a decent amount of attention. I thought because I had edited the photo a good amount, it may be good for me to share the original and the edited version as my mostly wordless Wednesday Here’s the view I saw. It was close to noon. [...]

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Historic Main Street in Jacksonville, Oregon

By on March 5, 2013 in photo, travel

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cotton gin close-up

Cotton Gin in Kansas Made Me Pump My Brakes

By on February 19, 2013 in cotton, photo

This fall, while in Kansas for the State of Now, I took the backroads from Hutchison toward the part of northwestern Oklahoma I called home for four years while I was in college. When I was driving through an “s” curve, I saw this sign and had to stop — yes, the cotton logo had [...]

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What can be done about the obesity crisis?

By on December 15, 2012 in food

This was in my Google+ stream this morning as I flipped around social media. I looked at the post, especially Mike Elgan’s question “What can be done about the obesity crisis?” and the photo and got to thinking. I have to say some of the comments…. I could see some have thought about it before [...]

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