by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow A bum deal and Losing Control It was close to midnight and Dad had driven all over the mountain in the rain and the mud looking for Daniel, only to come home again shaking his head in distress. Susanna and Anna had gone to bed but Will, Jake and I continued...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Daniel's birthday and Pizza Party A couple of uneventful weeks went by filled with gardening and fence repairs. Daniel had proved to be a hard worker. He, Jake and Will were busy every day fixing fences at the back of our section of land. They worked until it...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow A conversation about Boyfriends and Girlfriends When Grandpa started coughing on the porch after lunch, I remembered the mullein I had gathered at Agua Bonita two days earlier. Mom jumped up to bring him his pipe and tobacco bag, and Will handed him the match...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow The process of Making a Milker “Good news!” Dad announced as he sat down at the breakfast table the next morning. “Mexico banned the growth of genetically engineered corn!”13“Are you serious?” Mom exclaimed. “Why,...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Our day at the The Ghost Town It took us about an hour of leisurely riding to get to the old Agua Bonita ghost town. Our destination was a mountain valley where a spring of water surfaces for a while and runs through a tangle of water cress, wild mountain...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Regarding myself and corn seed: Losing, Finding, Keeping The next morning, Grandpa was leaning out the passenger side window of our 1972 quad-cab Ford when I walked down the porch steps to put Anna in the truck. It was the only way to make sure she left for...
