"Nine of our cows were struck dead by lightning standing under a tree during a quick thunderstorm. They fell dead upon one another." -my aunt gives an update on life at the farm. Sounds like something out of a movie.
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Monday, June 7, 2010
When it rains...
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Tattooed
"Is that W on your ankle for George W. Bush?" -some smart alec at Art in the Park yesterday.
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
Ho ho ho
"Cute, but I only collect black Santas." -a (white) woman turns down a (white) Santa figure at a yard sale yesterday.
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Social Networking
"Facebook: Not like a handshake, but not half-bad, either." -Nebraska Life promotes its Facebook page in the July/August magazine. Pretty good description, I'd say.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
River Rats
"We call ourselves the AARP team because I'm almost sixty and she's fifty." -Linda jokes about her age during an interview with KOMU. Watch the clip here, and learn about the upcoming Missouri River 340 race.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Minutes and Hours
"Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away." -Marcus Aurelius
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Carnivore Country
"I'm an Iowa boy; I need meat." -a waiter's response when asked about vegetarian items on his menu. Several variations of this conversation happened as we searched for a meat-free menu in Boonville restaurants. Clearly Midwesterners love their cows.
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