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3 Reasons To Give Giftcards | Farming The Dream
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3 Reasons To Give Giftcards. December 20, 2016. December 20, 2016. Many consider the worst gift to give is a gift card (or a lump of coal). It is decried as a gift without thoughtfulness, meaning, or sentiment. Givers of this gift are typecast as uncaring and inattentive, unaware of what the other really wants. However, as with much of popular opinion, those beliefs are patently false. Here are three reasons to go with a gift card, guilt free, this holiday season. 1 They Give Peace of Mind. Farmers, prac...
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The Local Special | Farming The Dream
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May 13, 2016. Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an article about what conservatism will need to look like in the modern era. What was surprising, was that it wasn’t really that modern an idea. The author, Yuval Levin (author of The Great Debate. Source – http:/ www.chicagonow.com/. What Mr. Levin proposes is simple, as many good ideas are, suggesting that parties should use the diversity and fragmentation of American life to their advantage. 8211; Yuval Levin. Over the past fifty years politica...
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tlayhew | Farming The Dream
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Podcast 03 – Work Ethic Aaron Blick. March 11, 2017. Tackling a sometimes unpopular topic, Aaron Blick and T. talk about work and why it’s an important commodity in the modern age. They discuss their first jobs and what it taught them, their theories for […]. March 4, 2017. Podcast: 02 Paul Norton – Royal Oak Farm Interview. February 27, 2017. The second episode of The Intellectual Agrarian! VIDEO: MOSES 2017 Field Notes. February 26, 2017. VIDEO: The Roaring Twenties Plowing Through History. Well folks,...
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Be Sure | Farming The Dream
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October 27, 2014. December 10, 2014. Life has a way of changing on us. Sometimes we see it, often we don’t. Occasionally we make those changes ourselves, we look at how our future may be and decide we want to change it for the better. The American Dream is all about taking opportunity when it’s available, sometimes doubt cripples us from taking that step forward needed to move to the next level. Source – thedemocraticdaily.com. Source – wikipedia.com. You know what, this week,. And tagged be sure. You ar...
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In Everything | Farming The Dream
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October 15, 2014. December 10, 2014. In everything, good or bad, learn a lesson. This is the first Layhew original I’ve written about. Life is too short not to learn as much as you can from it. Often, during the situation it’s hard to really look at something in the right perspective. Afterwards it’s necessary to take a cold hard look, and reflect on what happened. This is the rule of experience, trial and error dictating what to do and what to avoid. Source – takepart.com. This entry was posted in Rules.
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The American Dream | Farming The Dream
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Articles that relate the core idea of the website: The American Dream. They vary from discussing qualities that make the American Dream, to ideas on how to apply it to life every day. January 6, 2017. In the aftermath of any election, regardless of the winning party, people tend to ask the same question: Why do we have an Electoral College? Several times in recent history the popular vote and Electoral […]. November 5, 2016. November 5, 2016. October 24, 2016. October 23, 2016. July 4, 2016. July 3, 2016.
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Green In The Trees | Farming The Dream
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Green In The Trees. April 20, 2016. Recently, I came across a little book entitled,. By James Whitcomb Riley. The book is a collection of various farm poems written in the 1880’s. For our amusement, here we’ll share a poem from the book that is appropriate for the new Spring weather. When the Green Gits Back in the Trees. In Spring, when the green gits back in the trees,. And the sun comes out and stays,. And yet boots pull on with a good tight squeeze,. And you think of yer bare-foot days;. Jest a-potte...
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The Electoral College | Farming The Dream
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January 6, 2017. In the aftermath of any election, regardless of the winning party, people tend to ask the same question: Why do we have an Electoral College? Several times in recent history the popular vote and Electoral vote have been dissimilar, so why keep it? Don’t we live in a a Democracy where the will of the people is supreme? With that out of the way, we’ll examine a few of the reasons for the creation of the Electoral College and why we should keep it. Much like the process of selecting Represe...
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Election Year | Farming The Dream
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November 5, 2016. November 5, 2016. All that must happen for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. This maxim has been attributed to many men, most commonly Edmund Burke. Regardless, it stands as an immutable truth through the generations. Source – bbci.co.uk. What we see in American politics today is what happens when good men do nothing. When those with morals and scruples refuse to dirty their hands with politics and simply complain. By abandoning our responsibilities in a representat...It is...
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My Pappy… | Farming The Dream
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November 10, 2014. December 10, 2014. I have said before I enjoy movies, especially older films. This week I’ve been tickled because Maverick season 3 arrived! Last year they released the first few seasons of. On DVD. For those who don’t know, Maverick is the story about two brothers: Bret and Bart Maverick, both gamblers and cardsharps. It is the story their travels around the American west in the antebellum period. Bret was portrayed by James Garner and Bart by Jack Kelly. Source – fanart.tv. November ...