Count your blessings even on worst days
Be kind by living responsibly and doing right. — Anonymous While at work Tuesday, I suddenly had a chill and an overwhelming feeling that...
Pekingese is pleasure for youngster
There has never been a time in my life without dogs. I can't imagine it any other way.
I remember a black and white photograph in an old family album.
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.
Music, memories remain intertwined
Music is a gift like no other, evoking a lifetime of emotion in just a few minutes of any given song.
Doing nothing is sometimes hardest thing to do
As Judith Sutherland took down her bird feeders, she hoped answers to explain the strange disease affecting songbirds would come sooner rather than later.
Nothing replaces a good farm dog
Standing at the fence, enjoying a rare day of sunshine in January here on our farm, I watched our dog Channing circling the pasture in a sweeping motion and wondered what she was up to now.
Dirty jobs: Do whatever to get job done
There are some things that get my attention, which I realize most people wouldn't even hear in random conversation. I was standing in line...
Rural people known by nicknames
Nicknames remain a tradition in small town settings, memorializing people over time.
Saying goodbye to good neighbors
How do you say goodbye when good neighbors move?
Never too old for floor farming fun
Last night, I did some serious farming. Santa Claus had brought me a silo filled with farm animals and fencing and it had not yet been opened.
