One of *Those* Days. . .
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
When the day started out with a jackhammer Friday morning, I knew it was going to be “one of those days.” After I arrived at the newspaper office Friday morning, I could hear crashing and banging coming from the back of the building. The newspaper office used to be a John Deere shop many years [...]
Horsing Around
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
I’ve been around horses for a lot of years — about 40 years, I guess. But I’ve never had anything like this happen before. The other night, I decided to brush my little black mare, Isabelle, so I could put some fly spray on her and some lotion fly wipe on her face. When it [...]
Give Me a Home Where the Kittens Roam
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
A six-minute video and pictures are now posted on Rural Route 2. Click here
Dark as Night
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
It was a wild day here around at Rural Route 2 on Wednesday. The morning started out well enough with sunshine It was terribly humid, though, and sticky and warm and uncomfortable. As the morning progressed, storm clouds started to gather. At around 11 a.m., while I was at the newspaper office, a severe thunderstorm [...]
Moving Day
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Randy built our little hen house on an old boat trailer, and the run we put up for them, essentially a dog run, is outfitted with wheels that Randy rigged up so we could push the run. Saturday evening, we decided we ought to move the hen house and the run to give Betty White, [...]
