Good 4th last night. Sat on our ridge with a fire and 70% homegrown food (have never successfully grown marshmallows), just enough breeze and woodsmoke to keep the mosquitoes and…View post

Finished writing just after midnight last night and on my way to the house I noticed the granary door was open. We have a batch of chicks in there, and…View post

Y’know how it is in the country, sometimes you’ll get a call from the neighbor needing some help with unloading a cow. So you get on your tractor (OK, your…View post

The latest issue of Wisconsin Trails magazine is out. I’m honored that the “My Wisconsin” section contains an essay I wrote about my Dad’s first tractor, a hard-working Massey-Ferguson 135.…View post

So much going on right now…writing deadlines, planting, new chicks, getting ready for new pigs, fencing, garden things, fishing with daughters, magazine work, lots of behind-the-scenes stuff to get some…View post