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  • Photographs with memories

    Monday, May 10, 2021 1:05 PM
        Pictures surround us these days. They are on our screens, phones, papers, magazines and hanging on our walls. It wasn’t always so, at least not to the extent it is now.
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  • Safety on our minds

    Monday, April 12, 2021 9:15 AM
        Wednesday of this past week was a very tough day. Just as I was feeding a new calf, a neighbor called with bad news.
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  • Reflections on extension

    Monday, March 15, 2021 11:29 AM
        “Is University of Minnesota Extension something we still need?” ask friends and family occasionally. To answer, it takes some reflection.
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  • Cleaning the junk drawer

    Monday, February 15, 2021 9:10 AM
        Junk drawers. Not an eyesore because you can close them, but that jumbled mess is annoying because you can’t figure out where the thing is that you need to find in there. Right?
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  • Filling up at the farmhouse table

    Monday, January 18, 2021 2:03 PM
        Like many farm families, our kitchen table is the gathering spot for people, piles of mail, food to enjoy and good conversation.
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  • Find a good book for your nook

    Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:43 AM
        Escaping in a book is a lifetime passion of mine. Since I was a little kid, I have loved to read and have done so whenever I can spare the time. The winter months are perfect for reading.
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  • Lending a helping hand

    Monday, October 12, 2020 10:18 AM
        Forages are all tucked in for the season at our dairy so there is a bit of time to breath before grain harvest and corn stalk bales. I was mostly caught up with calf barn work, so I decided to find a volunteer opportunity. I like to help in the community, and I have had the Nicollet County Food Box give away on my radar.
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  • Cow salad preservation time

    Monday, September 14, 2020 9:01 AM
        On a warm or sometimes crisp, golden September day, I would rush off the bus from elementary school, change and head outside because it was silage-making time on our small dairy.
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  • Fairly different in 2020

    Monday, August 10, 2020 9:18 AM
        “Mom, you’re in your fair mode,” accused my daughter a few days ago as I reminded our 4-H dairy lease kids that they would need proper white show pants.
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  • Useful flashbacks

    Monday, July 13, 2020 1:41 PM
        Flashback to 30 years ago. We were milking in a 61-cow tiestall barn and contemplating building a freestall barn with a parlor.
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