Tag Archives: farmers

Accidental Dating or How I Met Your Father

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

They say love finds you when you least expect it. Not for me. Two weeks shy of 17, I was pretty sure I was destined to be an old maid. On that warm, summer evening in 1967 …I was looking. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Life | Tagged boomer blog, dating, farmers, Isaly, love, memories, relationships, Teen Canteen | 16 Comments

Six Word Saturday

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Perfect weather to harvest the crops.

Posted in Farm Life | Tagged boomer blog, farm life, farmers, harvest, soybeans, weather | 8 Comments

Oh yes…. I’m the Great Pretender….

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Oh yes I’m the great pretender. I have always loved to pretend, and yes, even at the rotten (not really feeling ripe anymore) old age of almost 63 I still pretend. I hope think that’s normal. In today’s high-tech world … Continue reading →

Posted in Farm Life, My Life | Tagged agriculture, blog, boomer blog, childhood, country life, country living, fantasy, farm, farm life, farmers, imagination, love, memoir, memories, music, pretend, relationships | 18 Comments

Sunday Serenity

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

I am wishing for some Sunday Serenity today, but it’s not going to happen. The past week and a half has been busy on the farm, planting corn and soybeans. The weather has cooperated so everyone is working full-force to … Continue reading →

Posted in Farm Life, My Life | Tagged agriculture, boomer blog, Corn, country life, country living, dirt, dust, farm, farm life, farmers, fatigue, Our grain drill doesn't look this pristine... it's covered with dust!, planting, soybeans, Sunday Serenity | 21 Comments

Share Your World – 2013 Week 16

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Oh I am so far behind I don’t even know how far behind I am. But, no one seems to care if I just jump in sporadically and share my world. Thanks, Cee, for the questions. I am still dreaming … Continue reading →

Posted in My Life | Tagged blog, boomer blog, farm, farmers, life, memoir, Oregon, Potato chip, Share Your World, WordPress, write, writing | 16 Comments

Weekly Writing Challenge: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Spring 1967. Unpacking the luggage from our 1963 Chevy Bel-Air. We were returning home from a cross-county road trip from Ohio to California and back to visit my brother who was stationed at Ft. Ord, California, near Monterey. It … Continue reading →

Posted in My Life | Tagged blog, Blogger, boomer blog, country life, family, farmers, life, love, memoir, memories, Truth is Stranger than Fiction, Weekly Writing Challenge, writing | 23 Comments

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Originally posted on The Adventures of Dairy Carrie… I think I Need a Drink!:
Today a new undercover video of a dairy farm was released and it really hit home for me… Shocking what goes on behind the closed doors of this…

Posted in Farm Life | Tagged agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry, blog, boomer blog, Business, Cattle, country life, country living, Dairy, farm, farm life, farmers, Livestock, Milk, write, writing | 2 Comments

Farmin’s Ain’t No Picnic….. Part 2

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Harvest 2012 is “on hold”, once again, due to Mother Nature’s fickle attitude! We received over an inch of rain and the fields are wet again. So we will have a few days to regroup and hope for some … Continue reading →