http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello Trying to look at the sunny side... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:20:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." ~ Samuel Adams As we take a bit of a break from the normal routine today ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2009/07/04/a-revolutionary-connection/ “Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.” ~ Stewart Brand Just returned last night from the annual NCE (Nebraska Career Education) Conference.  It was a busy three days in Kearney filled with lots of workshops and sessions and opportunities to ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2009/06/12/i-went-to-a-conference-and-i-learned-some-things/ Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.  ~Elizabeth Stone Here it is Mother's Day and mid-May!  It was a Mother's Day to remember.  This year "the kids" and "the husband" put their heads together ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2009/05/10/mothers-day/ We found a surprise out in the pasture yesterday.  Fortunately it looks like the mama likes this baby llama, so we're keeping our hopes up that this little one will do well.  What a cutie! http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2009/02/28/a-new-baby-llama-whose-mama-is-a-llama/ The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine The past week found Kalie, Shawn, Jesse and me on an adventure as we drove to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville.  The trip took us over 3,000 miles in six days through eleven states.  In ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2009/01/04/journey-to-jacksonville/ “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” Francis Bacon, Sr. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to take 19 of my students to Dallas for one of our national Cluster Meetings. I have taken kids to these ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/12/12/dazzling-dallas/ “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”  ~ John Quincy Adams http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/11/04/yes/ "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 Antoninus My life has seemed like a blur since ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/11/02/catching-up/ "It is like opening up a yearbook when you were in junior high. I think everybody looks back at their photos and cringe."   Mark-Paul Gosselaar I happened to hear about a website, www.yearbookyourself.com, on the morning news and have spent the last hour amused by seeing what I might ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/08/23/yearbook-yourself/ Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.  ~Author Unknown Bike Week 2008 has come and gone.  Even though we make no claims of being real bikers (or campers!), we ventured west to Sturgis for the fifth year of adventure in the Black Hills ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/08/10/sturgis-rally-2008/