Reflecting on a good year

Glenn Brunkow
Sep 24, 2025
Sep 24, 2025

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This is my birthday week. That is about as big of a deal as I will make of it. It is not a special birthday or one that makes any difference. It is another marker of a trip around the sun, and each one of those should be celebrated and not taken for granted. I like to use it as a day of reflection on the past year and a time to look ahead to the next one.

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Glenn Brunkow is a fifth-generation farmer in the Northern Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in Kansas. He was a county Extension educator for 19 years before returning to farm and ranch full time. He can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.