Part two: Gentry’s Ode to Billy Joe
Judith Sutherland thinks back to some of the country music that shaped her childhood.
Part one: Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billy Joe’
As Bobbie Gentry's voice takes her back, Judith Sutherland recalls a time when she was much younger, helping her mother renovate a rental.
Imagine a world without open spaces
Judith Sutherland imagines waking up and heading out to cement and blacktop and asphalt and cars and people as far as the eye could see.
Twine and duct tape are farm staples
Judith Sutherland shares a column from 2007, about the many uses of twine and duct tape on a dairy farm.
There is still so much more to learn
Judith Sutherland offers some advice for the new year and recommends a book titled Lists to Live By to gain a little perspective.
The joy of seeing children as parents
Judith Sutherland reflects on the joys of seeing her children raise children of their own.
Recalling the haven of our youth
Judith Sutherland recalls the childhood games she played on the farm of her youth.
Part two: a changing landscape
Judith Sutherland reflects on the disappearance of old barns and the day her great-great-grandfather's was taken down.
Part one: The old family barn
Nearly every one of Judith Sutherland's childhood memories of spending time at her grandfather's hold his enormous barn in the landscape of it all.
Take a fresh look on a new year
Judith Sutherland celebrates her granddaughter's first birthday.
