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ABOUT ME:

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I WAS BORN IN THE OIL-FIELDS OF WYOMING ON MEMORIAL DAY 1980. MY DAD, BEING THE SON OF LAND OWNERS, KNEW THE ADVANTAGES OF WORKING THE LAND.

 

I WATCHED MY GRAND-DAD SET TYPE AND ROLL HIS OWN PRINT. IN VARIOUS DYES. MY POPS DID THE DRAWING, AT A YOUNG AGE, AS THEIR HOBBIES.

 

THE ART IN THEIR INTENT WAS OVERFLOWING. BY MY EARLY ADOLESCENCE, I WAS GIFTED A WAY TO EXPRESS MY ARTISTIC SIDE AS WELL, WHICH IS ALL PART OF THE SILVER LINING. A LAWN MOWER.

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FAST FORWARD TO THE 1990'S WHERE OUR CALIFORNIA FARM WAS AT ITS PRIME.

 

WE GREW RICE. LOTS OF IT. SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO HARVEST.

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RICE FIELDS, WHEN TAKEN SHAPE, BECOME "RICE CHECKS", AND, ARE IN AND OF THEMSELVES, A WORK OF ART THAT FOLLOW THE LINES OF THE NATURAL FLOW OF WATER AND ITS ELEVATED COURSE.

 

IN THOSE VERY CHECKS, I WAS PART OF A TEAM ON JOHN DERRE 9600 OR 9800's. RUNNING NEXT TO A BANK-OUT WAGON WAS MY KIND OF A SUMMER. THATS TEAM WORK! I FELT LIKE THE MAN IN ME HAD ARRIVED. THIS WAS ALSO THE SAME SUMMER I STARTED TO GROW WHISKERS. I LEARNED EVERY STEP, FROM PLANTING, RECLAMATION, & FIELD HARVEST, TO THE MOISTURE TEST AT THE SILOH.

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YET, A LITTLE INSTIGATIVE VOICE REPEATED TIME AFTER TIME THAT A BIG CITY WOULD YIELD A BETTER LIFE, IF I JUST GOT A GOOD JOB AND WORKED HARD ENOUGH. PLUS, THERE WOULD BE "MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME," SO...

 

THAT WAS THE TRIP I TOOK AND IT WAS ELUSIVE, CONTINUED TO SELL TO MY HEART-STRINGS WHEN THE GOING GOT TOUGH, UNTIL I FINALLY COULD TELL PLAIN AS DAY, I AM BETTER THAN THAT.

 

UGH! THAT WAS SOMETHING.

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SO NOW, BY FAST FORWARDING ››  THAT VCR TAPE AND INCLUDE THE LESSONS LEARNED,  AND I AM ALL IN & SCARED AS ANY NEW BUSINESS OWNER SHOULD BE BUT ALSO CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT PHONE TO RING.

 

LOVING EVERY FRUITFUL MOMENT, LOOKING FOR EACH NEXT.

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I PROMISE TO BRING THE JOY OF A HAPPY YARD INTO THE WORK I DO.

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SIDE NOTE:

FIRST LESSON LEARNED: I WAS INDOOR A/C FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AND UNKNOWINGLY WENT FROM 70° ONE DAY INTO THE 102° THE NEXT, AS "MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB". TRIAL BY FIRE >>>  NOW SERVED WITH SPF 75 OR 100.

 

MY WORK IS NOTHING SHORT OF SERVICE TO THY NEIGHBOR-HOOD.​

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FOR, IF NOT DARKNESS THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LIGHT.

TO REMAIN IN THE LIGHT OF THE SPIRIT IS FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.

CLOTHES HAVE TO BE WASHED TO BE WORN AGAIN.

THERE IS NO SHAME IN WANTING TIDY. ​

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JOHN 3:16

MATTHEW 25:40

MATTHEW 25:45