Creative Destruction
I stared out at the Gulf, a ripe nectarine in one hand, a bag of granola in the other, watching the playboy yachts chugging south toward the Keys and the half-drunk […]
Category Archives: Farming
Like So Many Farmers Before
By the time I pulled into the driveway a splendid spring evening had turned into a perfect night. The temperature was an even fifty degrees and the snow and ice […]
Shooting Pains
I clattered around the kitchen to the washboard beat of a Johnny Cash playlist, scratching crusted butternut squash soup and quesadilla remains from a pile of pots and skillets. The stains from […]
Beefcoin
The veterinarian and I stood out in the slush, faces toward a sun beaming with the type of warmth this pale Midwest skin hadn’t felt since November. I was doing […]
Foreign Country: Plano, Texas
It was lunchtime on a sunny summer Friday and I prowled the Dallas suburbs looking for the Next Big Deal. It sounds sexy to be out shopping for a thirty […]
Getting Away from it All
The whole thing had the look and feel of a tourist board commercial narrated by Tim Allen. Man casually sprawled on weather-faded Adirondack. Cargo shorts and faded sweatshirt spiked with […]
Equipment Dysfunction
“How many kids do you got?” Steve asked. The answer is eight, of course, though it sometimes feels like more. A lot more. There are times it feels like twenty. […]
