Category Just Life-ish

Autumn is beginning to reveal herself in Oklahoma,  and the farm is transforming in gentle, powerful ways.  What once looked like weeds is now a small grove  of brilliant wild sunflowers.  What was just a few weeks ago a hot,…

   I am an admitted sucker for neatly packaged, pre-organized, easily translatable remnants of knowledge that some people might call gimmicks.  Especially if they rhyme.  Not that full bodies of information or complete works of literature are lost on me;…

Not too awful much to say right this minute. Just a little encouragement to enjoy your life. Whatever your task, whatever your burden,  whatever meal you find on your table, even if it is just good, sweet hay, and even you…

  Once upon a time, there was a rare little girl born to a family who had been wishing and waiting for her for a long time.    Her parents were madly in love with each other and anxious to…

   I am totally in favor of maintaining and chipping away at a list of long-term goals.  These are generally the accomplishments in life that are closest to the heart and therefore most deeply satisfying .  Keeping LTG lists, it’s just…

   When we go to the lake, my job is simple but important.  After the watercraft is lowered into the murky but joyful Oklahoma shallows, I am responsible for driving the truck and trailer up and out of the water and…