Category Archives: Work

Messy Days

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Doc Arnett

The freeze and thaw cycles can sure turn a barnyard into a messy, mucky place! Sometmes, we don’t have a choice about the messes we have to deal with. But… we don’t have to carry the stink with us! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged attitude, choice, circumstances, dealing with life, horses, mess, muck, mucking horse pens, nature, snow, stink | Comments Off

The Farrier’s Passing

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Doc Arnett

In the twilight shadows below a great cottonwood tree, we fed the horses and remembered the farrier who had tended to their feet for us. Continue reading →

Posted in Death & Dying, Farming, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged autumn, cancer, death, dying, farrier, feeding horses, horse, horses, Lewis Johnson, moon, moonlight, moonrise, ranching, trees | Comments Off

A Mid-Summer’s Memory

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Doc Arnett

The eruption of pastel trumpets on long slender tubes of green reminds me of my father’s passing, sixteen years ago. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Death & Dying, Family, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged casket, Charlie Arnett, death, dying, farming, flowers, gardening, life, Nakes Ladies, shrine, Surprise Lilies, tribute | Comments Off

Remembering West Kentucky, 1960

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Doc Arnett

Love moved in the toil and duty of callused hands that worked the land, fed families, mended clothes… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, food, Gardening, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged caring, devotion, farming, gardening, Kentucky, love, Sixties, west Kentucky, work | Comments Off

Reverend Jethro & the Home Boys

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Doc Arnett

A colloquialized version of Jethro’s visit to Moses and advice on delegation. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged assistance, Bible, character, decision making, delegation, exodus, God, good decisions, help, integrity, Jethro, judging, judgment, Moses, trust, trustworthy, wisdom | Comments Off

Dressing in the Dark

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Doc Arnett

Getting dressed in the dark can help your spouse continue to sleep… and could lead to embarrassing yourself a bit! Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Family, Farming, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged admitting mistakes, footwear, funny, getting dressed, getting dressed in the dark, mistakes, pride, shoes, stupidity, wrong shoe, wrong shoe on the right foot | Comments Off

Fire and Ice in the Cedars

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Doc Arnett

It is easy enough to let the glum and ho-hum of this world leach the color from the palette of personality. Easy, yes.

But it is still a choice. Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged attitude, cedars, choice, golden hour, ice, icicles, light, nature, perspective, photos, pictures, snow, trees, winter | Comments Off

Burning Brush in August

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Doc Arnett

Standing close to a burning brush pile on a blazing hot day may make you feel cooler when you walk away, but it’s still a blazing hot day. Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged abnormal, abuse, adaptation, brush pile, character, enabler, endurance, escape, fire, heat index, heat stroke, hot, misery, normal, perspective, summer, toxic relationships | Comments Off

Making It Better

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Doc Arnett

I read part of Henry David Thoreau’s “Life on Walden Pond” when I was in high school. One of the things that has always stayed with me from that is his reflection about an axe a neighbor loaned him. He … Continue reading →

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Working with the Kids

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Doc Arnett

I don’t know what it is about my boys that always seems to have us crawling around under a house. Sometimes we’re trying to put in new drain lines or new wiring or new water supply lines. Other times, we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Family, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged adult children, Ben Arnett, Dan Arnett, improvement, Jeremiah Arnett, make things better, Sam Arnett, time together, water lines | Comments Off