Category Archives: Farming

Cool Risings

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A few cows move through the mist of morning
in the pasture beyond the highway.
Heavy dew has formed on the thick grass,
leaving a dull silvery look. Continue reading →

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Finishing Touches

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Two months ago,
our grey roan Foxtrotter mare
seemed more than ready
for another season of trails
and training grandkids to groom and ride.
Continue reading →

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Re-Work

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Doc Arnett

This is not a world
that is always supportive
of our plannings and plantings
but faith willing to show itself in work
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Parable of the Pear and the Pair

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The Bradford Pear is in full bloom now,
thirty feet of boughs and branches
covered with false promises,
white as heaven, each blossom a little lie: Continue reading →

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A Good Day Off

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Doc Arnett

But when I got home and stepped out into the sixty-degree air on a beautifully sunny day… well, plans changed. I put the wood in the garage and shifted to the new plans.
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Our Daily Bread

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Doc Arnett

All that passes upon this earth
looks forward to its feeding,
bleats its pleadings into the wind
and sends itself toward whatever lies before. Continue reading →

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This was not a parody of optimism, an expression that hoped the heart would actually believe what was being said. This was a gift of faith, a genuine believing that what was hoped for would be received. Continue reading →

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A Good Thawing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It takes a greater warmth
than slightly above freezing
to ease into these colder places
where fewer traces of sun
and warm breeze can reach. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged changing lives, cold, encouragement, friendship, growth, snow, spring, thawing | 1 Comment

Of Coming Light

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Just above the dark spreading form
of the cottonwood tree,
a quarter moon bleeds through
the thin drifting clouds. Continue reading →

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Come, O Come, Thou Storm of Blessing

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I’ve even heard it said that depression is the exaggerated distance between how you perceive things to be and how you wish they were. Continue reading →

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