Category Archives: Work

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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Live and Learn

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It strikes me that we seem to learn pretty quickly from some experiences, such as adjusting chain length on a porch swing. Then, from others, we can be as dense as a doorstop. Continue reading →

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Seasonal

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Across the way from the beans, entire fields of corn have already been stripped to harvest. Long rows of stubble contour their way around the terraces, the ditches, the woods. Continue reading →

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Morning Feeding

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The whiteness of the horse shed

shows beneath the spreading pines

silhouetted against the sky

and dwarfed by the eighty-foot cottonwood

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The Long Summer

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Doc Arnett

but eventually

even good people

can grow weary of their own petitions.

It is good

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Taking a Stand

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I had thought it was a completely rational idea to have the horses keep the grass “mowed” on the state right-of-way. It would save gas, give the horses extra grazing they needed and, in the long run, save me time. So I put up a temporary extension fence down by the highway. Continue reading →

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August Morning

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Such dews as this

seem to come only in the heat of summer,
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Conquering the Enemy

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The new drain for the new kitchen sink had slowed up considerably of late. Water no longer ran out after a load of dishes was done; it seeped. In addition to the speed issue, there was some concern about proper dispersion. Continue reading →

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Gutter Check

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Doc Arnett

With skies darkening and the forecast calling for thunderstorms, I made sure that the flexible extension tube was connected to the elbow at the bottom of the downspout. “Ready for rain now,” I thought, Continue reading →

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