Memories make the season bright
We rarely think of ourselves as having interesting stories, as we just live it out, day by day, often bored with the humdrum beat of making a living while creating a life. There is something about the enormity of this season, though, that prompts us to look back, to take stock of where we've been.
It’s a relief hard-fought election is over
For those who are relieved this presidential election is over, I write this column. President-elect Barack Obama was born the year John F. Kennedy...
Making sense of a changing world
Columnist Judie Sutherland scratches her head at the changes she's seen in her lifetime, and not all of them for the better.
Can lesson can be learned from past?
Have you noticed a trend in the American work force? It seems that everyone I talk to is either being worked to death with...
Sweat equity pays off at county fair
Our county fair, among the very last in the state to open each year, is under way.
The timing of this fair delights many, as they can select their very best produce to enter for 4-H and open class judging, and cattle and hogs are given just a little extra time to reach as close to perfection as possible.
Tell the truth – especially to yourself
Tell the truth. Especially to yourself. This brief directive came to me by way of a gift from a co-worker, a book titled Lists to Live By.
A community watches a child grow
Columnist Judith Sutherland shares the celebration of her son's 17th birthday with his entire Farm and Dairy family.
The land blesses us, so we give back
Part II Though my father never knew his great-grandfather Samuel Young, he was fortunate to spend a great deal of time with his own grandfather, Samuel's son.
Enjoy the gifts of an early fall
"I spent the afternoon astraddle the ridge of the new barn-loft roof laying down a ridgecap, a course of overlapping shingles that covers the...
Farmers need a cut of the dough, too
Columnist Judith Sutherland wonders what life might be like if farmers negotiated union contracts for their fair share of the pie.
