Rural Reflections

In life or in the gym, you can't get much done until you find out "what's your why? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High school sports are there to develop healthy bodies and good character, they are not career training. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When an idea isn't podcast, but it is a paragraph, you put it together with a few other ideas and call it Rural Reflections See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heading out west to see our dreams comes true and see life from the perspective of Hoyt Axton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The loss of valuable soil now has a number attached to it and mirrors a history not worth repeating. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antique, Collectible or just plain old? Grant finds an answer to this question that he never expected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When buying batteries forces a change to white bread and bologna, Grant has to tell his brother Dave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the art of thankfulness a victim of one of those cultural changes that always plays to the poorest of character?" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There isn't much better than watching high school hockey while two seventh grade annoucers describe it in a way they call, "talkin' hockey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you get fired up for the Winter Olympics? Are they any more newsworthy than who plays the halftime show at the Super Bowl? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When is the farm shop more than just a shop? Maybe a better question is, "when isn't it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's winter whether you like it or not, why not try to approach it with a positive attitude? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time for Rural Reflections to wrap up the Christmas season with a letter to brother Dave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christmas is a time to focus on the greatest gift and to end our focus on the things that get int he way of that gift See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant does not really hibernate in winter however the solace he finds here is very real. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Grant celebrates the cats that he and Lisa love and their perspective which he greatly enjoys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant enters the "Offensive Lineman" phase of hi life and feels a little lost, at least at first. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Personal revelations can be found anywhere; Grant found his in the barn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As deer hunters take to the field, Grant watches and admires their deer stands. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Grant is watching the birds and trying not to feed the raccoons during another season of Project Feederwatch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grain elevators have attracted public attention as storage of soybeans gained important this growing season. Rural Reflection remembers when it was all about the Orage Crush Soda-well, sort of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Light of Harvest in a Letter to Dave See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether a veterinarian is fictional character or world-reknowned for their work, Grant has a great admiration for all of them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ending up at a playground may not be a bad end for Grant's memories of the pull-type combine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cat with nine lives fuels a passion for land-based flight. (just give a listen, you'll see what we mean) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.