Walking, resting and visiting at the Canfield Fair
With the scary hurricanes and scary tornadoes and scary severe thunderstorms swirling all around us, we keep waiting for the other shoe to drop,...
We’ve come a long way, or have we?
Is anyone else old enough to remember when the worst epithet you could scream to someone on the playground who was bullying you was,...
Hornet’s nest tells the true story of snowfall
Remember that high hornets' nest I wrote about in the Jan. 21 column? Old-timers believed the higher the hornets built their nests, the deeper...
Life doesn’t always go how we plan
To paraphrase the famous lines from Robert Burns' To a Mouse poem: The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
(If...
A pet owner’s nightmare
They were such an unlikely pair, but pair they were. Playing together. Sleeping together. Eating together.They were Hamilton, 70 lovable pounds of boxer mix,...
Find comfort in Farm and Dairy
Isn't it reassuring, in this scary world, to open the pages of Farm and Dairy especially in fair time and to see pictures of...
Is summer really coming to an end?
Just at twilight, the doe and her fawn tiptoe up the back fence line, their ears alert to any move I might make as...
An anniversary I’d rather not celebrate
This is anniversary month. It will not be celebrated or even observed. Don't anyone dare to wish me happy anniversary! It was one year...
On My Mind: Paying respects to the good times
It usually began this time of year.
On my every-Saturday-night telephone calls to my sister in New England, I would ask, “When are you coming?”...
Hospital staff made illness bearable
From the sixth floor of St. Elizabeth Medical Center, watching an electrical storm split the night sky was akin to a fantasy, perhaps dream....
