November sunset
a noisy river of crows
comes to rest in trees
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My workplace sits on a bluff with a commanding view of the valley the city sits in. It’s not uncommon to see hawks and geese and even…
morning, noon, and night
the sound of the grain drier
echoing through bare trees
Late November finds farmers in their fields harvesting corn well into the night. While putting the dog outside…
echoes of summer
November dandelion
warm spot, sunny day
We’re clearly in the latter stages of autumn here in Southwest Ohio, but an eighty-degree day earlier this week sent signals that parts of…
fields of sunflowers
a starting point for a trip
down memory lane
The local farm market planted a small field of sunflowers next to the road. It reminded me of a print of the famous VanGogh…
lighted factories
moving through the fields at night
combines racing time
the prevailing winds
memorialized in the
tops of dried corn stalks
While I live in the ‘bumpy part’ of Ohio, a fifteen-minute drive north puts me in the flatlands full of straight roads and…
frost in the bottoms
ice crystals painting the fields
just a touch paler
We had our first frost of the season yesterday, but only in the valleys where the cold air settles. Every morning, I pass…
combines in the fields
harvesting months of farmers’
toils, tears, hopes, and prayers
Starting last week, I began to see tan dust raising out of the local fields, a sure-fire sign that combines…
relentless summer
eighty degrees, October
will leave soon enough
Not just eighty, it was eighty-seven degrees Fahrenheit on my way home from work yesterday. While summer has its charms, I much…
not always welcome
the sound of September rain
but needed today
According to my weather station, we’ve received 0.02 inches of rain in September… that is until this morning. Last night the…