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...
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 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 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 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 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 Watching time and hearing about Will’s Plans Dad, Jake and Daniel left early the next morning. They were loaded down with packs full of food and gear. Daniel had his new boots on and I hoped they were comfortable. Breaking in new boots on a long hike is...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow When the Boys Come Home Dad and the boys still weren’t back by sundown on the day we expected them, so Will drove the truck down to the head of the trail they had taken three days earlier. He figured if they were hiking out, he would be able to give...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow A mud fight and the Adobe Chicken Mansion “I ordered some Cochins yesterday,” Mom announced at breakfast one morning. “They’ll be here in about a week. Since you boys have finished the fencing, would you mind building me a small...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Dad goes to his prayer cave Looking for Answers Time passes quickly in the summertime. When we weren’t busy weeding the gardens or making adobe bricks, we went riding. Daniel learned to ride a young gelding named Cricket and was soon capable of riding...
