For the past five years, Argenta,, IL has hosted Farming in the Fifties. The small town, just east of Decatur, rallies together to honor antique agriculture. Tractors line the streets for the event. According to show coordinator Marty Bayless, the first year had an event tally of 40 tractors Marty shared that the normal average … Continue reading Argenta Celebrates Ag Heritage
Cindy Ladage has been busy writing. Even with her usual blog and magazine articles,, she has another book soon to release this month. True Farm Girl Adventures will release soon. This book is a compilation of her adventures traveling, mostly the Midwest. Most of the the stories will be farming related, but not all. Anyone … Continue reading Coming Soon, from Cindy Ladage
Please watch your step when entering this blog. We are currently under construction. Antique Iron Media now has a consulting member joining the the team. Judy Snyder has taken on the task to make the site better. She plans to help me make a more user friendly experience. Future plans include more pages that with … Continue reading Upgrading
Authors note ~ One of my recent posts to this blog was an earlier penned short story titled The Encounter. I had found the writing tucked away in my filing cabinet. There was another such offering, but it wasn't as well written to simply transcribe. The following is the 2026 cleaned and tweaked version..... Shark … Continue reading Shark Dive!
Editors note As intro, I wrote this short story so many years ago. I honestly can not recall exactly when. This may be the first time it's been available for public view. I came across this story while cleaning out my filing cabinet. I was active as a SCUBA diver , back in the 90s. … Continue reading The Encounter
I was asked several times, over the holiday season, when my next book would be released. We are now into the month of March, and I've kept this announcement relatively quiet. The fact of the matter is this. Don't be looking for my next book anytime soon. I won't share any great detail. There is … Continue reading Regrouping
I finally managed my first toy show attendance for 2026."Digger Dave Kemp and I didn't get to travel to ST. Louis, earlier this month. Life got in the way and spoiled that plan. Dave was behind on his work schedule and was desperate enough to enlist my help. St' Louis is a great and all, … Continue reading Replacing younger Memories, Mark Twain Show 2026
Never make home repairs on a Sunday In over 60 trips around the sun I've learned wisdom. Unfortunately, what I learn, the brain memory didn't always take. Most followers of this blog know I'm not the most mechanically apt. I'm not ashamed to admit that. A good part of my restoration is hired. I refer … Continue reading Adventures under the sea…nk
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