The products I mention here are things I found & purchased on my own. I am putting affiliate links in the post so that I may make a tiny commission on any sales generated from the post. With friends who would be able to cover large acreages, drones make sense to scout crops and a GoPro camera is pretty automatic… Read More
Top 15 Things You Can Do to Survive Extreme Cold — Tips from a Panel of Experts
I still remember the advice I was given as I moved to Oklahoma for college. I was told to be sure I had a good coat. It wasn’t what you would think was brilliant advice, but as someone who had lived in a place where you make short moves from your warm car to a warm building, coats were something… Read More
Pecans are Definitely my Favorite Nuts, Can’t Get Enough!
When you drive around the South, you get used to seeing homes surrounded by a few pecan trees. It isn’t that every house has pecan trees or anything, but you see it often enough that it is pretty normal, especially when you get into more rural areas where people are living on the farm. My mom grew up with a… Read More
I Love Chocolate! Incredibly Thankful for It too! Gourmet to Mainstream!
Last week I went to a meeting in Pennsylvania for work (I got to meet the farmer members & leaders of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau). And we were in the Sweetest Place on Earth. With a place like that — Hershey, PA — the love of chocolate has been on my mind this week. And I will tell you right… Read More
A Quick Visit to a Grocery Store in Japan – Video Slideshow
I love going into grocery stores when I am in other countries! My favorite things to check out are the produce and meat cases. So when given a chance to go to a grocery store in Japan, I jumped at it and grabbed my point & shoot camera! Here are some of the photos I took in a video. Some… Read More
Bowling Is A Family Tradition I Never Quite Got, But Maybe I Could (Day 4)
I’m not sure how I became one of the unbowlers of the universe, but it happened. And in some ways, it makes me a bit of a black sheep of the family. I grew up in a bowling family. My granddad was especially tied to the sport. This photo of his bowling team is one of my favorite family photos…. Read More