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The holidays are here. Are you excited? Did you plan your Thanksgiving meal weeks ago? Has a frozen turkey claimed a shelf in your freezer yet? Is there some type of greenery up and decorated for Christmas in your living room? Or, are these questions adding to an ever-growing anxiety that … [Read more...] about Give yourself a holiday during the holidays.

Farmers hate the sight of circling buzzards in the sky. Their black merry-go-round usually signals an animal is in distress. On my dad’s dairy farm, it meant a cow was down. We’d seen the buzzards and went searching. In the late morning we found the cow lying down in a back corner of a field. … [Read more...] about Circling Buzzards

Life is unpredictable. One day everything looks great, we're out mowing the grass, chauffeuring the kids around town or paying the bills when we're blindsided by things like cancer, job loss or death of a loved one.  We find ourselves flattened like a soda can on the pavement. In times like these, … [Read more...] about Don’t look out…look up

For as long as I can remember, I've loved alligators. I think I've watched every nature special and read almost every book about them. I've visited Gatorland and the St. Augustine Alligator Farm multiple times. I'm even a graduate of the University of Florida, which makes me a Florida Gator. Go … [Read more...] about Go Gators!