Monthly Archives: November 2015

On the Road 30 November 2015

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Sally Gerard

After a lovely Thanksgiving, albeit cold and icy, we spent a fine weekend hunting pheasant and taking a short road trip to check out an old combine and see some old friends. We didn’t have much luck with the pheasants, … Continue reading →

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Gratitude 25 November 2015

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Sally Gerard

For the beauty of the earth,  for the glory of the skies,  for the love which from our birth  over and around us lies.  For the wonder of each hour  of the day and of the night,  hill and vale … Continue reading →

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Grateful 24 November 2015

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Keeping with my theme of being thankful this week, I’m so thankful to live in such a beautiful state and one that is so diverse in its beauty. I can’t think of anywhere we traveled that I haven’t seen the … Continue reading →

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Give Thanks 23 November 2015

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Sally Gerard

It is a week for being thankful, for counting blessings and simply focusing on all the gifts  we have right in front of our faces. It is a time to dream too, of all of the vast possibilities and then … Continue reading →

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Dreams 18 November 2015

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Sally Gerard

I’m not sure how old we are when we start dreaming about what we want to be, what we want to do with our life. I do remember experiencing various stages of wanting to be a teacher, a singer, a … Continue reading →

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Warnings 16 November 2015

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Sometimes it seems like we live from one warning to the next while we do our best to prepare. We are in our second blizzard warning in the last eight days, but this time it sounds like it will be much … Continue reading →

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The Plains 12 November 2015

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Sally Gerard

The plains can be so finicky. When I left to drive the sixty miles to school yesterday, it was a white-out kind of blizzard. I hate driving in those conditions. Snow drifts across the dirt road, but the dirt underneath … Continue reading →

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First Snow 11 November 2015

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Sally Gerard

  The first snow came in the very early morning hours today, along with a cold wind. There aren’t many days that I don’t rise and head out for my run by 4:30. Today was no different, except that when … Continue reading →

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Sestina 10 November 2015

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Sally Gerard

October is harvesting corn, fourteen hours in a John Deere tractor. Bumping along the rows, followed by a bulky brown cart. Drinking coffee on the way to the field, plotting the demise of the circle of stalks.   Silver combine … Continue reading →

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Harvest 9 November 2015

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Corn harvest likes to begin in October and sometimes last well into December when the weather doesn’t cooperate. I love to run the grain cart during corn harvest. I can’t say exactly what it is, but there is something about … Continue reading →

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