Dogs: Loyal friends and protectors
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a...
Wish I had one more day for stories
If I could have just one more day with my grandmother, I would treasure her stories beyond measure.
Neighbors pull together through storms
Some days come and go with little left behind to be held in our memory. Some are emblazoned forever.
Wings of steel
It was a beautiful...
Television: Do we really need it?
Let me preface this column by saying I most definitely could happily live far away from the world without a television. It is incomprehensible...
Sometimes good to be reminded of the power of Mother Nature
Once in a while, it is good to be reminded of the power of Mother Nature. Our daughter and friends were here one evening...
Barns can be perfect setting for love
The old barns that have stood the test of time seem perfectly placed on the farm, with much thought given before even a single...
Part VI: Hardships make people stronger
The 1920s to the early ‘40s were good years for Charlie and Anna Myers. They had finally found the farm that they would call...
Farm life was hard, but joy-filled
Part V
"A man is entitled to one good dog and one good woman in his life," Charlie was known to say.
After pausing, he then...
Making the best of a rough decision
(Part Four)As members of what was known as the Eckley community in the 1920s, the energetic couple farming the old Schuck farm was known...
Part IV: Caring often meant family separation
“It sure beat starving,” Charlie would often say of the many ‘room and board’ deals he struck for himself and his brothers over the years of their hard-scrabble childhood.
