Monthly Archives: July 2016

What are some of your proudest moments? Mine come as a result of being raised on a farm in Northeastern Colorado. At about this time every year, Colorado wheat farmers meticulously fine-tune their machinery and prepare their families and their own psyche for the annual wheat harvest. This is a magical time that involves long days filled with hard work in hot fields, a midsummer sun blasting unmercifully from above. The first day starts early with the smell of ripened fields of grain lingering in the air. Farmers armed with grease guns can be found lubricating the huge machines of the harvest, while at the same time last-minute repairs

Here’s hoping your Fourth of July holiday was an exciting experience shared with family and friends. I know mine was. Independence Day in this country is a holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.  It’s the day that the original 13 American colonies considered themselves free of the British Empire, having drawn a line in the sand as a new nation.