Category Archives: Farming

Passing through the Flint Hills in Late Autumn

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Doc Arnett

In the vastness of the Flint Hills, I marvel at the courage and hope of the homesteaders, those whose determination wanted something more than easy lives. Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged determination, Emporia, farming, Flint Hills, homestead, hope, Kansas, pioneer, plains, prairie, ranching | Comments Off

A Day to Remember

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Doc Arnett

A recollection of a milk day morning from 47 years ago stirs warm memories and a hope for good blessings… for you and me. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blessing, December, Graves County KY, Jack Harrison, Lord's Prayer, memories, milking, warm weather, winter | Comments Off

Late Summer Drive through the Flint Hills

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Doc Arnett

The beauty of a shimmering sun as the wind bends long stems of grass on the rolling hills of southern Kansas… Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn, cattle, Flint Hills, grazing, hills, Kansas, Kansas poetry, livestock, prairie, ranching | Comments Off

Autumn Calling to Labor and Rest

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Doc Arnett

The beauty of cool quiet mornings calls us to both rest and labor; the coming of harvest and the beauty of ripened fields. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn harvest, cool mornings, farm harvest, farmers, harvest, mornings, rest, September, work | Comments Off

Keeping It Straight

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Even something as simple as mowing a pasture goes better when we keep focused on the destination… or the goal, if you please. Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged destination, focus, goals, keeping fixed on the goals, mowing pasture, progress | Comments Off

Of Grain and Growing

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Unlike these great fields of wheat, we can bear fruit over and over again… if we do not give up on staying green and growing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Family, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged aging, bearing fruit, fruitful, Kansas, south central Kansas, wheat, wheat harvest | Comments Off

Cold Feet

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Milking in an unheated milk shed when it’s thirty degrees below freezing isn’t a lot of fun… but there are lessons to be learned. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged cold, cold feet, cold weather, dairy, farm life, freezing, heater, milking, playing in the snow, snow, zero | Comments Off

The Heavy Dews of Autumn

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Doc Arnett

I love the scenes of harvest, the long lines of color striping the fields and the way the dust rises in a sunset. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged autumn, cattle, combines, corn, crops, dew, dews, fall, fall in Kansas, harvest, milo, plains, prairie | Comments Off

Praying for Strength and Stamina

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Doc Arnett

Eighteen hours of remodeling in one day can leave an old man tired and sore… and happy. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Prayer, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged drain lines, hard work, hauling hay, hay, Kentucky, plumbing, rest, strength | Comments Off

Through Storm and Drought

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Doc Arnett

The same rains that feed crops and livestock may also bring floods and devastation. There is both threat and beauty in the storms. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged drought, Flint Hills, gratitude, livestock, rain, storms | Comments Off