Everyone is waiting for spring to arrive
“We need another and a wiser and perhaps more mystical concept of animals. In a world older and more complete than ours they moved,...
Maple syrup brings lessons needed
Native Americans are credited with originating the making of maple syrup, which was then shared and passed down to the delight of anyone who...
Life and death tell the family story
“Death is to lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends...
To love and to cherish, even in manure
“Romance is not dead, it just looks different on our farm.”
— Mae E. Smithhisler, 1900
Love is what made the world what it is
“Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly, all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are...
Embrace winter and the gift of time
By JUDITH SUTHERLANDFarm and Dairy columnistOnce again, we find ourselves in the dead of winter, and for far too many of us, this is...
Early doctor’s description of surgeries seems hard for us to believe today
(Part III of a series)
Part 1- The strong survive and succeed
Part 2- The 'doctors of old' started as farm children from simple backgrounds
The writings...
The ‘doctors of old’ started as farm children, from simple backgrounds
Part II of a series
“The old country doctor was a man of few words because there were no words.” >-- Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler,...
The strong survive and succeed
"Anyone who reaches the heights of his ambition never had an ambition."
-- Arthur Hertzler, M.D., 1938
Part I
The advancement of a civilization can be chronicled...
The best gift can’t be unwrapped
"It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it...
