Farm

  • Spiritual Thermometers & Coffee

    December 14, 2014 There is a basic thermometer hanging outside the kitchen window. I like its simplicity, though I have to put on my glasses to know the temperature closer than a plus or minus five degrees. The location allows… Continue reading

  • A Dung Theology

    December 7, 2014 I nudged the cow manure with my boot toe. A worship service was going on but others were speaking and doing a fine job. So my mind wandered to wonder about the cow pie at my feet… Continue reading

  • Turkey Stock Spirituality

    November 27, 2014 James, a neighbor from down the road, and I visited over coffee last Tuesday at the Cougar Den. I watched a young man walk in, his Resistol worn and dirty, the Carhartt wore in but not tattered,… Continue reading

  • Bothering Flies

    October 18, 2014 “Do you have a fly swatter?” I almost laughed. Didn’t. We were sitting in the shade of willow trees, talking. Water ran down tea glasses and wet rings grew on the wood picnic table. Folk lightly swatted… Continue reading