Free Range Pork in Eastern Iowa

       Picture of me holding our first free range piglet in May of 2008. 
      Imagine a pig raised on apples, mulberries, clover, shelled corn and pasture, without a bunch of chemicals…. That would make  a tasty pig
        Pigs are foragers by nature.  They love to  turn up the soil with their snouts   digging for roots,  and grubs.  It’s called  [...]

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A Step Back In Time….

      Here’s a picture of me all decked out in my new green lederhosen  visiting Oma and Opa on the farm. 
        I remember riding in the  wooden  corn wagon, hanging on  for dear life .
        Here’s a clip off  utube that will give you a little idea:

      Aunt Annie  came for a visit from Germany.  She  wanted  a picture of  Doggie  (me)  [...]

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A Pirate Story

     ” When my friend  and his wife were sailing in the Mediterranean , they  found themselves  being circled by 3 pirate boats- the pirates  didn’t know who they were messing with.  He had served in Viet Nam so when he   outfitted his yacht, he had installed enough firepower to defend against this very thing…..he didn’t have to [...]

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Albert and Alice: An Old-Fashioned Ballad

 
Albert and Alice
An Old-fashioned Ballad
Albert was a hired man
The moon was dark and new.
He hurried through chores that night
While snowy flurries flew.
 
Albert milked the cows by hand
He fed them grist and hay.
He shut tight the big barn-door
To keep the storm at bay.
 
He was musing of Alice’s dancing-
Her eyes were bright and blue.
He fussed and dressed [...]

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