Category Archives: Farming

Extending the Pasture

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Doc Arnett

We work along the eastern edge, cutting back the branches and bushes that have pushed out into the field. With one horse and good rains, this small pasture would be large enough. But in the strange dry and chill of … Continue reading →

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Spring Floods

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The river runs heavy,

dark and angry along the levee, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged destruction, farmland, flooding, levee, levee breach, rain, rivers, spring floods | Comments Off

A Quiet Praise

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

White stems of frost mark the whiskers of the horse around his nose where moist breath has frozen to the nearest available condensing point. He nickers as I walk along the snow-crusted grass path to the shed.

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Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arabian horse, beauty, chores, cold, Kansas, nature, peace, snow, sunrise | Comments Off

Fresh-Milled Memories

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I remember early autumns of my adolescence, helping make cider on the farm and in Kelvie Nicholson’s orchard, swapping turns at the heavy crank.

Tonight, for the first time, I miss my Dad.
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Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Gardening, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged apple cider, children, death of father, death of parent, memories, parents, pear cider, separation | Comments Off

Apple Time

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Doc Arnett

If you grew up in southern Kentucky during the 1950’s, there is an important distinction between “apples for the horse” and “horse apples.” Continue reading →

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Horse Sense

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

There’s always a reason for anything that other people do. Most of the time, that reason makes sense from a certain perspective. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Farming, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arabian horse, Arabians, empathy, horses, perspective, sympathy, understanding, understanding others, view point | Comments Off

Storm Change

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The late evening sun shone through the torn places in a slate blue cloud, forming fiery platinum rings at each hole. Continue reading →

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Rest That Works

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Even while we may continue in the midst of work, God often brings some sort of change that eases our burden. Continue reading →

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Setting the Braces

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The edges blur
in this tired light
and I am ready for rest. Continue reading →

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Fencing the Horse Pasture

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The man who works with me
is not here because of pay or promise
but because of friendship, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged digging post holes, friendship, helping, horses, pasture, postholes, power auger | Comments Off

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