Grandma Helen’s goal was to provide education, and students can’t learn when hungry
Grandma Helen knew the importance of nutrition and good education.
Grandmother knew joys of hard work
One person I have long admired is someone I never had the chance to meet.
Farm life soothes with tedium, richness
"Whenever I have worked on farms, I have found my thoughts drifting back to the early agricultural parables, perhaps because the very nature of...
Remember to talk about safety, on the road and in the field
Rash of recent car accidents is a reminder to talk about safety.
Parlor games and summer chores
As summer winds toward fall, this has been a year constantly ahead of itself, it seems.
Hard work, embracing change pays dividends on the farm
Farm lessons included 'hard work, taking nothing for granted.'
This farm style stood the test of time
Just this past week, a friend and I got to talking about how certain traditions have been handed down, some by family, others through the law of life's essentials.
Summertime on the farm for kids makes anything seem possible
Summertime memories of being a kid on the farm.
Love and family, it just goes together
To family we are born.
Through the eyes of a 4-year-old
It has proven to be true: you can take the country boy off of the farm, but you can’t sweep the country off the boy.
