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Readiness: Hello world!
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Farming: Growing together
My journey toward farming began decades ago during the summers I stayed with my aunt and uncle on their farms during the summer. Back then, their way of life seemed foreign, even alien, to me, and I have to admit it was that strangeness that at first pushed me away from the thought of a […] Continue reading
Education: A quarter too far
In September 1944, the Allies conceived of an operation to quickly end World War II by launching a massive, combined airborne and ground offensive in the German-held Netherlands to seize several bridgeheads across major European rivers and thereby expose the German heartland to the threat of Allied attack. The operation, code named Market Garden would […] Continue reading
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Education: Tired of it already
One of the aspects of higher education that has haunted me since I first set foot in a college classroom in 1992 is the fact that getting a degree takes so long. Granted, I have not helped myself by changing my mind so many times about what I want to be degreed in, and my […] Continue reading
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Farming: Farmers, stereotypes, and intelligence
My post yesterday about my farming goals for 2010 touched off a little firestorm over on Facebook, where it appears that people believed that my stereotype about farmers is that they are not intelligent. I probably should have been more specific, because my stereotype about farming was really about the kind of work I imagined […] Continue reading
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