" I'm afraid we're never going to be particularly good at letting go and sending them off with a smile."
Brent Olson
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Brent Olson farmed in Big Stone County, Minnesota for 30 years. He once harvested 235 acres of soybeans in 17 1/2 hours. It snowed that night and he had three cups of coffee the next morning before he put on his shoes.
I remember bedtimes. When our kids were babies, I just thought, “OK, I'm never going to get a night's sleep the rest of my life,” and I was mo…
I made beef barley soup last week, and I was really glad I'd made the bed. No, this is going to make sense.
" I think the ability to eat anything, or at least try anything, at least once, is a vastly underrated sign of adulthood. The only problem is, I’d never made orange chicken."
“You're pretty lucky to be married to someone with the Welsh love of music in his bones,” I said. I don't remember exactly what my wife replied, but I think she agreed.
"I know about axial tilt and the change of seasons ... but it never stops feeling magical on the first winter's day when the sun feels like it's bringing some heat to the party."
"For some reason, 'beautiful' and 'a damned hard place to make a living' seem to go hand in hand."
"Even though all the Christmases have been different, they've all been Christmas. Because Christmas is just about love."
I 'm 71 years old this week, and I have the front steps to prove it.
