Saturday, February 7, 2026
red autumn leaves

September is filled with a mellow, quiet promise of all sorts of possibilities, and the perfect weather in which to take it all in.
Little girl

Judith Sutherland explains why she believes farm-raised children are exposed to the need for innovative thinking at a higher rate than the average child.
pekingese

Judith Sutherland has never known a life without dogs. In her column this week, she recalls growing up with her Pekingese, Chippi Chan.
kitchen table

Judith Sutherland accompanies her mother on a visit to a childhood friend's home.
water wing in pool

Judith Sutherland delights in watching her oldest grandchild swim the entire length of a 36-foot pool on his own power.
desk

Rachel Carson is known for her writing, but she should also be remembered as having lived an extraordinary life. 
wedding

Judith Sutherland shares the experience of attending a delayed wedding celebration.
girl reading

Judith Sutherland is reminded of the way the world opens up and the way you find the place you fit into it when you're 10 years old.
farm storm

Judith Sutherland shares the message: Anger, simmering with an unreasonable wish for total control, is a dangerous thing. 
Baltimore Oriole

As Judith Sutherland took down her bird feeders, she hoped answers to explain the strange disease affecting songbirds would come sooner rather than later.