Tag: life

  • Consumer is a word

    Consumer is a word

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    That I really don’t like. To me, it carries the same connotation as ‘educate’. We don’t need to ‘educate’ consumers, we need to engage, interact, talk to – anything but educate. And now I feel ‘consumer’ has joined the group of words that make me cringe when I hear them used during agvocate-speak. I don’t…

  • Avoid Eye Contact

    Avoid Eye Contact

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    This past weekend I got to check and feed cattle with my dad. In the rain. and mud. with no raincoat. on a horse that has two speeds: fast and flying. and it was downright glorious. prior to blazing across the pasture The silent man and his introverted daughter; talking only when necessary and communicating mostly…

  • So God Made a Farmer

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    Surely ya’ll remember Paul Harvey? He was a well-known radio broadcaster with a very distinguishable voice who was famous for his tagline, “The Rest of the Story.” In 1978, he was apparently a guest speaker at the 1978 National FFA Convention and he gave a speech called, ‘So God Made a Farmer’. A family friend emailed me…