Yearly Archives: 2017

Walking along the Vietnam Memorial one evening, I saw a young couple paying their respects to a person who is listed on the wall.  They placed a red rose below the name and reached gently to touch the wall. About that time, a large tour group was walking briskly down the path. Few, if any, were...

Boom! Thud, thud, thud…. It’s early morning on the lek. In the darkness before dawn, the booming has begun and male Greater Prairie Chickens have started to display. The mating ritual of these beautiful birds is so unique; it challenges the concentration of the first time photographer. The males put on a display only a female Greater...

Computers, machine monitors, GPS guidance systems, and communication devices are standard equipment in most tractor cabs today. Each plays an important role in production efficiency, but technology can’t do it all. Dust was flying behind the corn planter when Neal was finishing the last field. The seeds were being placed in moist ground. Those dry...

Early morning I headed to the wall. I wanted to stop and pay my respects to a couple of friends who gave all. Walking up the hill to the Lincoln Memorial, it was hard not to get emotional. The first of 654 Vietnam Veterans visited the nation’s capital on May 1, 2017 had arrived....