Rural Reflections

This week Grant watches the installation of a weather station while he stays firmly on the widewalk and out of the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Junk fest and farming are just two of the highlights from Grant's letter to his brother, Dave Nelson in Carrington, North Dakota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The need for paper books versus a Kindle and a choice of knobs and buttons over touch screens from the perspective of a kindly, old gentleman-or at least as close as Grant can try to appear as one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant heads out for a pre-dawn adventure in his home territory of Viking, Minnesota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Grant looks back at the summer of 2025, it's a stream of good animal memories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Grant gets a little nostalgic for farm life from the ninteties, he connect with Dean Carlson from "So This is Farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant's letter to his brother Dave in Carrington, North Dakota this month has a special news report! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the final projects for 2025 at the Nelson farm, is something good for the local pollinators and pleasing to everyone's eye. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A few days at the county fair can give good insight into all of us See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes active listening and active living are both found by taking the same off-ramp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's Rural Reflecitons is about a missing dog and a group that exists to retrieve lost animals just like him. This is the Missing Meiko. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant declares his Declaration of Independence from summer in this week's letter to his brother, Dave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That summer storm that made me think of times past and the high price of that little slice of nostalgia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Human mistakes and actions taken by people who wanted what they didn't need created, and then brought to a close, the Crookston Cattle Company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clifford the cat contemplates the day while Grant explains how he bends his own perspective on the passage of time in one letter to his brother, Dave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Grant takes the local pulse, he goes to the nearest bullentin board See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many apps do we need to simply say "Hello? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When considering a theme for summer 2025, Grant decides to go back to a favorite pastime. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Town without its lake becomes a lake without its town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever watched a memory fade? All structures have a shelf life but the emotions that make them important are timeless. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boredom brought opportunity to the farm in the farm of creativity, such as creating an activity called "hitting rocks with sticks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant Nelson has written letters to his brother Dave for about half a century. This tradition is one they share with listeners at KFGO. Pear over their shoulders and see what Grant has to say this week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you ever feel like more is never enough? So does Grant Nelson in this week's Rural Reflections See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As spring arrives, it brings with it robins,  a new relationship to the land....and metaphors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is history important to you? This week Rural Reflections talks about the place history has in our lives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.