Tag Archives: dairy farm

Green Onions

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Doc Arnett

Seeing two fresh sprigs of wild onions triggered a couple of strong memories for me… One of a classic rock tune by Booker T and the MGs. The other, how much my dairy farm dad hated them! Different perceptions are often explained by different impacts things have on different people… Continue reading →

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Cold Days and the Way of Faith

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Doc Arnett

These single digit temps cleaning up the horse pen remind me of bitter cold mornings in an unheated milk barn sixty-five years ago… and of how faith sustains us through all things. Continue reading →

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True Religion

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Doc Arnett

An indifferent holiness is no more Christlike than is a self-indulgent licentiousness.
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Worth the Pain

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Doc Arnett

Ever see somebody knock themselves out? I saw my oldest brother do it twice in twenty minutes. Who knew milking cows could be so dangerous? Continue reading →

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Earth Day, 2014

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Doc Arnett

It’s always a bit scary to see someone else take over something that we’ve loved and cared for. It’s plain painful to see them abuse it. Continue reading →

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A More Accurate Account

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

While childhood stories might become “fantasized” to some degree, our personal testimony should never be glorifed. Sometimes, we wrestle with demons. Sometimes, we lose. 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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Promises of the Wind

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Doc Arnett

“All of work
will one day
have its reward.” Continue reading →

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The Blame Game

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes I take blame with a spoon and dish it out with a shovel. Other times, I feel as if I am the only common factor in all of the troubles I think I’ve endured. Continue reading →

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