All Episodes
Rural Reflections — 110 episodes
Building Character Through Personal Responsibility (more interesting than it sounds)
A Corral Full of Memories
No more teenage summer jobs?
70s late-night television with Benji
Smoking the imaginary cigar of success
When the rain arrives
In search of the unattended station
The Unscientific expert reveals the werewolf gopher
Are data centers in our future
Trees are the Poetry You see
As one bird survey ends, another begins
This is you
Old farm magazines remind me of old farms
Will I Always Be Mr Buckthorn
Making Small Creations from Big Ideas
What's Your Why?
High School Sports Develop Character, Not a Career
Four Books, Seven Paragraphs, One Podcast.
Stepping Back to Enjoy Hoyt Axton's Perspective
Snirt and Soil Loss Not a History Worth Repeating
Antique, Collectible or Just Plain Old
Buying Batteries Forces Dietary Changes
No Thank-You?
Talkin' Hockey
The Winter Olympics
The Farm Shop is More than Just a Shop
Moving Snow With a Smile on Your Face
2025 Christmas Letter to Dave
The Christmas Peptalk
The Winter Solace of a Pretend Hibernation
A Perspective Arrives on the Wind and Little Cat Feet
The Offensive Lineman Phase of Life
Sharing revelations found in a barn
The Creative Deer Stand
Keeping an Eye on the Birds
I Hope the Grain Elevator Still has Orange Crush Soda
The Light of Harvest in a Letter to Dave
A Deep Admiration for Veterinarians
Pull-Type Combine Nostalgia
The Snowmobile with Nine Lives
The Sidewalk Student
Talking about Agriculture with Dave
Reading Books Like a Kindly Old Gentleman
Viking in the Morning
Good Summer Animal Memories
A Farmers View Interview
Dave's Induction Letter
The Pollinator Planting
We're all in this together at the fair
An Active Saturday Morning
The Missing Meiko
July Letter to Dave
That Summer Storm
Crookston Cattle Company
Bending Time for My Own Amusement
Bulletin Boards
Too Much Work Just to Say Hello
The Summer Reader
Arpin Minnesota
Oak Grove Memories
Hitting Rocks with Sticks
April Letter to Dave
Turn That Faucet Down
Spring Abounds with Metaphors
The Importance of History
Satisfying Projects
March Letter to Dave
The Older the Violin the Sweeter the Music
Where do I place my faith
The Two Daves
Productive Puttering
I Need Some Shop Time
Music, the Best Medicine
Take Your Time, Spring
Almost Like Feeding Cattle
January 2025 Letter to Dave
When the toy tractor was real and I was young
Why the pending Arctic Cat Closure hurts so much
An Engaged Merry Christmas
Mara's List of Lights
Christmas Letter to Dave
Why The Hurry?
A Thankful Post-It Note
Pizza Bread Pudding
November Letter to Dave
Two Americas
First freedoms from a tractor seat
A Soft Rumble Harvest
Ripples
How I Experience Life
September Letter to Dave
The Soundtrack of My Mind
A Love for Birds
Great Beauty in Planting Trees
Fitting Life Into the Time We're Given
I wish you could see what I see
August Letter to Dave
Always Transition to Hope
The JC Whitney Catalog Time Machine
It's kind of bittersweet
Mike's Canoe
Thankful on the home front
Has Consistency Become a Bad Thing
Good Summer Memories
Where the Poetry Begins
It was such a good week
A Dibble Bar Saturday Night
May 2024 Letter to Dave
My own play by play memories
Fits Like a Glove