Category Archives: Family

A Winter Prayer

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Be as slow as the passing of time

on a long, gray day

to take offense

at any sleight,
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Short List

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Doc Arnett

That’s the funny thing about many of the affluent; they can always think of a few other things they’d really like to have.
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Virgel and Lucille

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It was his goal to live to be ninety years old, a feat he accomplished early this year. But, it was not his goal to live as a semi-invalid. Continue reading →

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One Day’s Good

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Doc Arnett

genuinely seeking the good
that may be done in a moment
or an hour
or a lifetime,

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Long Lessons

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I rise slowly in the slight light of a half-moon shining above the thin clouds that drift solemnly toward the east. The breeze that has pushed in with colder air keeps the grass in the pasture bare of frost. Continue reading →

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At Table

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Doc Arnett

With the dark of November’s first Friday settling onto the fields and woods beyond the house, Dan blesses the meal and we eat. Continue reading →

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A Single Shelter

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Fringed with the dark red of autumn’s ending, its cluster of leaves holds thick enough that the horses still seek its shelter and hold to their spot as if tied there. Continue reading →

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A Strong Drawing

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Autumn colors were barely past their peak as Dale and Betty drove us around and up and down the graveled hills and curves. Continue reading →

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Hayloft-II

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

the hayloft provided Paul and me with our one of our favorite winter recreation spots. Continue reading →

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Hayloft-Part I

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Doc Arnett

At the beginning of the winter season, the summer stacking of a few thousand sixty-pound bales of alfalfa nearly filled the space of the hayloft in the stock barn on our Todd County dairy farm. Continue reading →

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