Summer Jobs

Summer jobs. That rite of passage into responsibility. A lot of kids missed out on their first summer jobs in … Continue reading Summer Jobs

Last Light

The tallest trees Catch the last rays Of this day’s Sunlight Still bright Above the dim Branches of the brush … Continue reading Last Light

Walking

There was a time when God walked With man and woman through the garden They would delight of an evening … Continue reading Walking

Walking With Harry Chapin

Lazy afternoons now, I go to the woods and fields alone Saddened by my children’s disinterest in these things I … Continue reading Walking With Harry Chapin

Adventures in Tractor Sitting

A lot of people who farm enjoy riding tractors. They enjoy the equipment. Loud diesel engines bellowing exhaust, the magic … Continue reading Adventures in Tractor Sitting

Mother Nature’s Son

There’s a line from an old Beatles song titled ‘Mother Nature’s Son’ that goes, “Sit beside a mountain stream. See … Continue reading Mother Nature’s Son

Summer’s Reward

It can be hard to find pleasure outside in the dog day heat of a south Georgia August. But, there … Continue reading Summer’s Reward

Irrigation

The dull, heat-wilted blades of grass Between the orchard rows await resurrection Thirsting, parched by the the day’s boiling sun … Continue reading Irrigation

Ask Dale Murphy

During the early to mid 1980’s the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a column called “Ask Dale Murphy”, in which kids wrote … Continue reading Ask Dale Murphy

Grady Bottoms

I planted a new pecan orchard in 2014. An orchard which joins another orchard I planted 9 years before. There … Continue reading Grady Bottoms