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Five New Year’s Resolutions to Avoid in 2014

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:December 30, 2013
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I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore but I thought that I would share some of the worst that the advertising media has come up with this year. I really…

Time for the New Year

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:December 26, 2013
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I try to say something sage about the passage of time at the end of the year. It seems to me that 2013 has passed a little quicker than the…

Christmas Is Just the Beginning

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:December 22, 2013
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All of our attention has been focused on Christmas Day – decorating the house, buying a tree, sending Christmas cards, and buying presents for our family. I think it’s amazing…

Winter Visits the Finger Lakes

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:December 15, 2013
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This time the weatherman was right on with his prediction of 6-10 inches of new snow in the Finger Lakes on Saturday night. Those of us who live in the…

Christmas Is For Kids

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:December 11, 2013
Post category:Pittsburgh, PA
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There are days when I put my glasses down and I can’t remember where I left them. Or times when I have walked down to the basement to bring something…

Home for the Holidays

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:December 5, 2013
Post category:Venetia, PA
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It doesn't matter where you were born or the color of your skin or what kind of religion that you practice or what kind of neighborhood that you grew up…

Life Without Man-made Materials

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:November 27, 2013
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When I was growing up on the farm, we went to school, worked, and played outside in all kinds of weather. Shoes were made out of leather with perhaps some…

Time to be Thankful for Living in the Finger Lakes

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:November 23, 2013
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I grew up on a farm and while I haven’t lived on a farm for more than fifty five years, I can’t help but follow what is going on with…

Skaneateles Rests before the Holidays

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:November 16, 2013
Post category:Skaneateles, NY
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It was a beautiful sun drenched Saturday afternoon and a perfect day for paying a visit to Skaneateles, NY. The sky was a clear blue and just before noon, the…

Preparations for the First Winter Storm in the Finger Lakes

Post author:James Bupp, Ph.D.
Post published:November 10, 2013
Post category:Gorham, NY
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I had a pretty good week last week as I finished planting all of my daffodils. I even felt so good that I ordered a couple of yards of mulch…

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Author James Bupp

This is a story about change. It’s a story about a boy who was born into the Agricultural Society of the United States but early on in his life, he realized that the world that he was living in was rapidly disappearing and that he must seek his fortunes elsewhere. It is a story of adventure, of survival, and of adaption to this new world.

Author James Bupp

THE LAST of the FAMILY FARMS recalls what it was like to have grown up on a family farm some fifty years ago and how the learning experiences of today’s youth differ so sharply from the learning experiences of a child growing up a half century ago. On the family farm, early learning experiences came from family members and from Sunday and public school teachers. The food which sustained our lives came from the animals and vegetables that were raised on the farm. Work was an integral part of living on a family farm. One didn’t “go to work” or “go home”; they were one in the same. There was a unique partnership between farm families and the Almighty Himself as each depended upon the other to grow the crops and raise the animals. And so a strong belief in God was established very early in a child growing up on a family farm.

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