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Category Archives: Farm Life
Painting the Barn Part Two
Bright and early the next morning, I awoke to the sound of paint scrapers. Bill and Eleanor started early and were now on the south side of the barn working hard before the sun made it uncomfortable. I watched them … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Life, My Life
Tagged blog, boomer blog, campers, family, memoir, memories, relationships
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Going after parts
I’ve put in a few miles driving to and from parts departments of farm equipment dealers. I remember one trip that lasted all day… returning time after time because they kept sending the wrong parts or not enough of something. … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Life, My Life
Tagged boomer, boomer blog, farm life, farm wife, hydraulic hose, memories, relationships
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Why Everyone should raise hogs once in their lives
Every job you have ever held, had elements that made the job difficult, things that frustrated you, things that inspired you, things that gave you a sense of accomplishment or a sense of pride. Since not too many of you … Continue reading
Grandma Eier
Grandma Anna was quite different from my other Grandma. She seemed fragile. She lived a long life despite the tragedies she endured. The death of a toddler daughter and the death of her youngest son 30 years later broke her … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Life, Kids and Grandkids, My Life
Tagged artist, farm life, grandparents, relationships
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farmhouse style
If you have to hang a sign in your house that says “Farmhouse”, then it probably really isn’t one. I like the farmhouse style of decorating that is trendy now. It makes me reminisce about the farmhouse style I grew … Continue reading
Almost the Last minute.
Yesterday we celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary. In honor of that occasion, a few stories from the past came to mind that I probably should share. Here is the first one. It was late July 1971. I would graduate … Continue reading
Unlocked Doors
Our doors were seldom locked. There were no nearby neighbors just rolling fields of wheat, corn, soybeans, or pasture. Until I was in high school, we had no security lights anywhere on the farm. The was a light on a … Continue reading
Summer memories
These past few hot days have reminded me of summer when I was young. No air-conditioning anywhere; not in homes, not in businesses, not in hospitals. My poor mother had both of her children in the middle of July…and spent … Continue reading
Dad
Dark winter mornings filled with mud and snow. Muggy summer sunrises sweating before the work was even begun. A hard life of labor, washing the teats of the cows before milking, mixing milk replacement for the calves, hauling water and … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Life, Friday Fictioneers, My Life
Tagged inspiration, life, personal, work
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This Old House
Our farmhouse was built in 1909. It was purchased by my husband’s family in 1951. My husband and his three brothers grew up here and shortly after we were married in 1971 we moved in. I grew up in … Continue reading
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