Cherish our oldest generation
"When the strong storm winds blow, look to your elders. When pain and worry persist, it is good to have elderly friends. They have...
2009 resolution: Live, laugh and love
I have always loved the holidays, enjoying the merriment of the magical, treasuring the family togetherness as we drift through the tail end of...
Enjoy the memories of Christmas past
"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there." As the years have rolled...
Life just keeps on happening
We've all heard the saying, "Life is what happens while we're busy making plans." Well, I am in the midst of living that truth...
No doubt the world is changing
"I will be an American farmer. American agriculture is one of the few things that still makes me proud of this country. It has...
A cheating Channing is still charming
"Old Major completed his herding of the milk cows and somehow came to realize that he had two full hours until he was needed...
Departed loved ones are still in our hearts
"Much to be thankful for, much to ponder which has passed away, much to contemplate which is yet to come." -- Silas Smith, 1918
Thanksgiving...
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...
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...
Harvest is work for some, play for others
This season brings lots of work, though the work is tempered with the accomplishment of a year of planning and labor. As a kid,...
