Many sources attribute the origin of the phrase “in my mind’s eye” to Chaucer who used it in The Man of Law’s Tale in the 14th century. Shakespeare picked up the phrase in “Hamlet,” and today it’s a common...
Even today, the iconic line — Show me the money! — from the 1996 Tom Cruise movie Jerry Maguire still resonates in our culture in a multitude of contexts. However, the cotton market doesn’t seem to have gotten the...
As the cotton ginning season is on its way to wrapping up, and the new planting season is on the horizon, one would think those in the cotton business are entering a “slow time.” Well, not really. It’s still...
Planning for the 2025 season didn’t just begin on Jan. 1. As the 2024 season progressed and rolled into harvest and ginning, cotton producers were already making mental “to-do list” notes in their quest for success in 2025’s arduous...
While growing up in a small town in Louisiana, I attended the local public elementary school located on the edge of town. After turning onto the access road at the John Deere store, all you could see were cotton...
As the 2024 election draws near, I am reminded of the excitement
surrounding election day as a child growing up in Louisiana. Everyone looked forward to it and, as I recall, no one was influenced by the expression, “Never talk...
When I was about eight years old, my dad would take me to the farm on Sunday afternoons to see how the cotton crop looked. He usually switched up which horse he would ride, but I always rode my...
A humourous, anonymous quote for what typically is considered a more serious concept is, “Family ties mean that no matter how much you might want to run from your family, you can’t.” It’s good for a chuckle, but the...
I had the blessing to grow up as both the daughter and granddaughter of Texas cotton consultants. I learned early in life what hard, grueling work looked like. I learned that summer vacations were non-existent, but riding around in...
When I was a little girl, my dad picked up an extra piece of ground in East-Central Louisiana. It was good land and well suited for cotton. But what suited me most about it were the three big pecan...
Growing a cotton crop, much like preparing for a big game in sports, requires having a well thought out game plan to achieve a successful outcome. As the King said in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the best way...
We spend our entire lives moving from Point A to Point B as we navigate our way through life’s journey. Along the way, we follow the progress of other journeys specific to our livelihood or interests.
For example, I’ve noticed...
A “sense of place” has been the subject of many definitions and examples designed to explain the concept that almost everyone has felt at one time or another.
Two of my favorites are: “A sense of place is used to...
Mr. Ray Young is walking in Heaven’s high cotton now, leaving the rest of us still here to mourn his loss. He dearly loved his wife, Dorothy, and all his kids and their progeny. And Ray reveled in growing...
How old is cotton? I recently ran across this question that piqued my curiosity. Personally, having grown up in rural Louisiana, I was around cotton my entire life. But I knew there was more to the story than that.
While...
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