It’s been a quite week in Grand River, Iowa, my home town. Work continues on that cabin south of town at the Two Mile ranch. It’s been a bit of a conversation piece since that fella boght the ground a few years back. It was fall about a year ago he build a deck, a […]
Read full post...My friend of nearly 24 years, Jerry O’Rourke, began blogging this week. That’s not quite true. He’s been an avid writer, columnist and internet pioneer most of his career, he’s been blogging probably for decades, so let me re-write that opening: he began using Wordpress this week.
As Jerry started getting comments to his blog, it […]
A repackged Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential campaign was declared The New Nixon: Tanned, Rested, and Ready.
10 days in Northern Wisconsin has left me feeling the same way. This is the 7th year Dr Ronnie Garrison and I have fished the Northwoods together. Well, that’s not entirely true, two of the years, […]
The summer has been typically hot, and on hot weekends, I don’t work as fast as other days. The roof rafters progress has been slow, but I finished securing the rafters Monday night. The rafters were cut in place and nailed at the walls, and were supported by Simpson brackets at the ridge […]
Read full post...Off and on I think I should name the farm.
I dislike any name with “acres” in the title. It’s not quite a ranch, although the name “Almosta Ranch” has been suggested.
The farm sits at the 2 mile marker so I’ve been thinking about Two Mile Farm on Seven Mile Road.
