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Beating the Fuel Prices; March 2, 2008 »

Mother Nature is still playing games with her weather antics. Yesterday she went from warm, to cold, to windy, to hail, to colder to warm and then back to cold and windy. I started some fallen twigs bonfires while it was warm and sunny.(I can legally do some agricultural burning this month.) Mother Nature quickly […]

The Gratitude of Calves »

(January 16th 2007 by Carole Mercer)
In the background of my early morning mind, I can hear the dogs barking. The clock’s hands point to 5:45 am. Outside is dark and cold. Very cold. 12 degrees above zero to be exact.
I lovingly ask the dogs to stop barking. “Shut up!” I yell from the warm cozy […]