I hear some people have unnatural fears of unplugging while they are on vacation. They are so afraid they will miss something. During my week-long vacation to Israel, I rarely checked work email and felt no real responsibility to check in otherwise but occasionally took a few minutes during a long, quiet bus ride to check in thanks to the driver Saher… Read More
Community Keeps Me Up-to-Speed on Cotton During My Vacation
Arkansas Cotton Harvest October 2010 — Friend’s Photo from Marshall Sigsby
Appreciate Marshall Sigsby giving me & another cotton tweep down our way — Jeremy Bullington from the University of Arkansas Extension Service a couple of harvest time shout outs. Seems like years ago we finished harvest — in record time I am happy to say! The photo below is of photo below is a beautiful field near Rector, Arkansas. You can… Read More
Taking a Module to the Adobe Walls Gin — Friend’s Photo by Anna-Lisa Giannini
In my Cotton 101 series, I wrote a blog post about getting modules from the field to the gin. I love seeing them so I was thrilled when Anna-Lisa Giannini told me trucks were still on the move in her part of the Texas Panhandle. There are a few things that a cotton geek like me notices: Look at the… Read More
Starting a New Series — Friend’s Photo — First One is from Amanda Sollman
One of the great things about the awesome network of online friends I have is that occasionally, out of nowhere, I get a photo tweeted or Facebooked to me just because it makes them think about me and/or agriculture. I realize I’ve lost track of the bulk of these photos that clearly show the presence of agriculture in our daily… Read More
My Job is a Farm By-Product (the t-shirt)
It’s Friday night and I’m listening to the rain come down. So nice to be home. I put my feet up & decided to catch up on what’s been going on in the digital week. I saw a tweet from a farmer I talk to a good bit — “Waiter at Famous Daves has T-shirt that says ‘my job is… Read More