Saturday, August 1, 2026

Frosty condensation blanketed the backyard grass. The early morning chill coming through the glass of the kitchen window made my arms tingle.

This spring at our house, we've sampled a couple packages of shipped-in strawberries. They garnish a pretty plate, aren't bad on cereal , but we're still waiting for strawberries fresh from our local patches.

Though we have a cat and a hamster, I find myself bunniless this Easter, and I wish I had a pet rabbit, again. I'm...

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb has helped pick the perfect prom dress. Half of the battle is over.

Miffed and mildly embarrassed, my high school senior, Jo, admitted one more time to friends at school that, as a little girl, her dad told her that tapioca was fish eggs.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb especially appreciates her drink of choice during National Tea Month.

May the force (against mindless food consumption) be with us.

I buy brown eggs from a local fellow who delivers them to me at work. Not only are they beautiful to look at, and...

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the fine art of cooking a turkey in one of those new turkey fryers.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb discovered there's more to the Wright brothers' success: their sister!