A Timely Weekend
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb wonders why she feels so shortchanged for time on some occasions. Perhaps it all relates to the timing belt on her car.
Give Her A Brake
Nothing makes you feel as inadequate as not being there for your kids when they call you and they're in trouble.
Breezes and Berries
California strawberries taste great when you haven't had a fresh strawberry for a whole year. This spring, I purchased one token carton of shipped-in...
Father’s Day is Baby Boomer Young
No, our Father's Day holiday was not invented by Hallmark cards. The special dad's day holiday should probably be credited to Mrs.
“But I Asked Santa For…
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb passes on an article on raising children by Thomas Phelan.
Giving a Fig (and Getting One)
I've always liked fig bar cookies but I never thought much about the seedy fruit wrapped inside them till just four years ago. We...
Scramble at Seven-Thirty
I was up all night New Year's Eve. I've heard you can never really catch up on sleep. A few mornings into the year, I sprang up in bed and blinked in disbelief at the digital clock on the television across the room.
Summing up summer
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes of crickets and katydids, gerbils and kittens, and a brand new clothes line.
Our Mice Were Stirring On Christmas Eve
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb tells the tale of Lloyd (her cat), his toy mouse and Mortimer (the real mouse).
A Moving Experience
My voice echoed in my daughter's half-empty room when I called out to Mark, "Yes, I think we've packed everything.
