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  • Help in time of need

    Friday, September 24, 2021 1:18 PM
        One of the characteristics you hear over and over about rural Americans – and especially members of the dairy community – is our inclination to help each other in times of need. Sometimes our needs are small; sometimes our needs are large.
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  • Two good shoulders

    Monday, August 30, 2021 7:39 AM
        A few weeks ago, Dan bumped into me in the milk house.
        “Whoops. Is that your bad shoulder?” he immediately asked.
        “Nope,” I replied. “I don’t have a bad shoulder anymore.”
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  • Grow you

    Monday, July 26, 2021 10:16 AM
        Dairy farmers talk a lot about growth: how our crops are growing (or not growing, as is the case this year); how our calves and heifers are growing; and, hopefully, how our balance sheets are growing.
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  • Summer TMR

    Monday, June 28, 2021 8:34 AM
    When explaining TMR to people who don’t farm, dairy farmers often compare it to a great big salad.
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  • The month of mayhem

    Monday, May 24, 2021 1:28 PM
    May: the fifth month of the year.
    Mayhem: violent or damaging disorder; chaos.
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  • Seeing green

    Monday, April 26, 2021 1:59 PM
    We live on a paved county road, but there’s a gravel township road across the road from our driveway. This gravel road is where I do a lot of my walking and running.
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  • Treats for Scruffy

    Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:00 PM
        I haven’t visited a dairy farm yet that isn’t also home to another species: cats. When we bought our dairy farm, it came with a couple of barn cats. It wasn’t long before several more moved in. Then, as you can imagine, those barn cats led to barn kittens.
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  • Queen of the 9 x 13

    Monday, March 1, 2021 11:05 AM
    At one of Dan’s pre-school doctor’s appointments, the nurse asked him a series of questions designed to gauge his social and intellectual development.
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  • The people of our lives

    Sunday, January 31, 2021 8:02 PM
    I didn’t grow up in a Christmas card family. But I married into one. And it wasn’t long before sending a Christmas greeting became part of our holiday routine.
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  • Treats for your feet

    Monday, December 28, 2020 9:41 AM
        Normally, at this time of the year, the only treats I’m thinking about and writing about are treats you can eat. I usually spend weeks thinking about which cookies and candies I should make each year, selecting from tried-and-true favorites and searching for a few new treats to try.
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