We all came together as Americans
Today's problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them."
-- Albert Einstein
All my life, my...
Now is the time for contemplation
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -- Abraham Lincoln
It looks...
Judith Sutherland: Snowed in: Enjoying the simple life
Ah, March. It is a month that has long brought us such a seemingly unending array of weather here in this part of the...
Never forget what so many have given
"I stood in the national cemetery and realized, through the stony silence, that I was standing on sacred ground. I was surrounded by monuments...
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.
Strength through faith endures all
To describe my dear friend Karen as strong seems an understatement of epic proportions. Karen, who has made a career of helping others to...
Challenges open our hearts to all that we have
There is nothing sweeter than a gloriously sunny October morning — a wide-open, no-demands Sunday morning — here on this beautiful farm.
I walked with...
Time will forever bring change
One of my very first columns written for Farm and Dairy centered around the topic of my excited impatience as I awaited the birth...
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...
Judith Sutherland: Sentiment aside, bike is a ‘Slik Chik’
For those of you who have read this column for a number of years, you already know that I am a sentimental fool.











