The Red Oak and the Sawyer
The saying goes that a mighty oak grows from a tiny acorn, but in my case a mighty pile of lumber grew from one mighty oak. Four years...
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John Hogeland
Oct 6, 2017
Guns and Life
On Sunday evening, October 1st, 2017, a rich white man in Las Vegas opened fire with automatic assault rifles on a crowd of thousands at...
John Hogeland
Sep 15, 2017
Going Home...Again
I flew back to Iowa a few days ago to plant trees, nearly 200 chestnut trees we received as sprouted nuts last April and are now growing...
Beth Hoffman
Sep 9, 2017
Tonight's Sweet Corn Soup
I’m back with a great rendition of the sweet corn soup that Beth made last night. She had an idea that the sweetness of corn stock would...
Beth Hoffman
Aug 15, 2017
Hot Sun and Sweet Corn Memories (Recipe)
Growing up on the farm in Iowa, there was one day each summer that my sisters and I dreaded, but never managed to avoid. It always...
Beth Hoffman
Aug 8, 2017
When Corn Came to Iowa
Shirley Gray’s nails are painted an orangey red that matches her lips and hair. The kind of orangey red that, before Trump, was the...
Beth Hoffman
Jun 22, 2017
A Dog's Life
We are in Iowa, staying for the month of June. Our dog, Rosie, loves the farm more than I do, if that’s possible. She spent one of our...
Beth Hoffman
Jun 18, 2017
Greetings from Iowa
We have been really bad about writing in this blog. It is not that we don’t have a lot to say about eating less meat (please ignore the...
Beth Hoffman
Apr 24, 2017
The (Sad) Truth About Farming
So let’s be real for a moment. Iowa is beautiful. The land is some of the most fertile on earth. Water is plentiful (unlike here in...
Beth Hoffman
Feb 13, 2017
City Girl Meets Rural Iowa
I barely remember Green Acres, the old TV show where city loving Eva Gabor marries a man with a dream to be a farmer. They move to the...
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