Guest Blog

Last year, a National Public Radio broadcast inspired me to write about women’s leadership roles and what I consider the virtues of being an unsafe woman.

With Thanksgiving here, it’s a good time to look back on the year and see how the Lord has safely brought us through another year and blessed us. This year certainly wasn’t an easy one.

In myth and legend, there is no other food that compares to the respect given to milk. Milk was known to the ancients as the “food of the gods,” the premier source of power and strength. The heroes in myths and legend were raised on milk and through it gained superhuman abilities.

With the shorter days and darker mornings, I’ve had a harder time getting out of bed to go tackle the day and all it promises to bring. Despite making tweaks to my calf feeding schedule to do as little in the dark as possible, it feels like all I do this time of year is work in the dark. Can I get an amen?

There are so many cool tech gadgets that are perfect on the farm, from wearables like smart watches to smart home devices for the home or office. But then there are tech gadgets that don’t get the honors they deserve. Here are six of my favorites.

Being a goal-oriented person has never been a “thing” I would normally associate myself with. This was something I acquired recently in my life. I am a full-time farmer, a mother and a part-time gelato maker.