Social connection is good medicine
Judith Sutherland believes there is nothing more soothing than the voice and the touch of those who have shared our common journey.
Live by the Golden Rule every day
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. -- Matthew 7:12
The first time I ever heard the Golden Rule, I...
Gifts fade, memories last forever
Judith Sutherland shares her memories of the last Christmas she got with her with Grandpa Charlie and reminds us gifts fade but memories last a lifetime.
Learn to lose gracefully
Everything from barn ball to pasture puck hockey served as a great foundation toward building a whole lot of strong kids.
Walking in a winter waspy land
As Christmas nears, I have had the great joy of looking at this season through the eyes of a Southern friend.
Imagination made Christmas magical
“Hurry up! Grab the crayons and I’ll get the scissors!” This was my “order from headquarters” from an older sister when we were kids...
Offering a hand and word of hope
Give kindness where we can. It seems so small, but it is our only hope of making the world a better place.
Some stepping up to save old barns
Columnist Judith Sutherland says there's no doubt about it, American barns are endangered.
Ah, sweet victory 30 years later
"Women and Little Kids on the farm typically did the feeding and watering of the animals, but milking was generally considered to be the...
Past is new again in reprinted book
“For although he was insatiably a farmer and his father and grandfathers and great-grandfathers had been Owen County farmers, he did not live on...
