Farm Journal, Day…
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Farm Journal, Year 7, Day 186
I translate IT into English. That’s how I usually explain my job in change management — helping people navigate complexity and change. But I’ve also been learning another language for the past seven years: ranch life in Missouri.
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Farm Journal, Year 7, Day 172
All in the Numbers I’ve spent most of my life working with words. As a journalist, words were my tools. Stories were built from interviews, observations, and carefully chosen phrases. Even now, my professional life still revolves around communication. I think in paragraphs, not spreadsheets. Which is why it still surprises me how much ranching…
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Farm Journal, Year 7, Day 94
How Are the Bees? During one of our regular check-ins with Tom’s Aunt Cindy, she paused mid-conversation, right in the middle of catching up on family and weather, and asked, “How are the bees?” It’s a question we hear a lot. Not just from Cindy. We hear it at the feed store, leaning against a…
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Farm Journal, Year 7, Day 1
Seven Years on the Ranch On September 10, 2018, we left behind a suburban cul-de-sac and took a leap of faith into 141 acres of pasture, timber, and possibility. We didn’t know all the lessons we were about to learn. We didn’t know how many fences we’d fix, how many calves we’d name, or how…
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Farm Journal. Year 6, Day 362
Things We’ve Fixed This Summer (and Things We Still Need To) This summer, we’ve poured concrete, patched pens, tightened fence lines, replaced mower blades, and rebuilt a busted gate. And yet—this morning at sunrise—we got a phone call: “Hey, do y’all have four yearling bulls with purple tags?” (Yes. Yes we do.) Apparently, our boys…
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