On My Mind: The animals know spring is near
If ice storms weren’t so frightening and dangerous (please, God, don’t let the electricity go off, don’t let the trees and wires fall down,...
Experience Christmas Eve in 1959
Once again I'm sharing with you my mother's thoughts of Christmas and even though you receive this week's Farm and Dairy on Christmas Eve,...
Jack Frost pays a mid-winter visit
At last!While we were sleeping and even the stars shivered, he finally came, bringing with him his brushes to paint an icy forest on...
‘Family’ antics fill the long, summer days
Usually the big calendar hanging on the kitchen door is filled with all kinds of squiggles and notes about birthdays and birds and reminders...
The coming autumn can’t be denied
It wasn't even Labor Day yet when Halloween decorations, cards and other gimcracks appeared on store shelves.
Horse book will change your views on how the west was won
Surely, every American over 18 and possibly a few younger -- I have no idea how American history is taught these days -- has...
Nothing nice about snow and ice
Where is global warming when we need it? And what happened to a January thaw? I think bears have the right idea. In fact,...
Did you blink? It is indeed all gone
Somebody -- was it you? -- really, really blinked from the time you were warned that if you did it would all be gone!...
Barn swallows return and lilacs fade
"Welcome! Welcome home!" I cheered as the barn swallows swooped in the back door, circled a quick reconnaissance and whirled back out to gather...
Blink and it will all be long gone
Don't even blink, or everything will be gone.That fire-red inferno of a maple tree now ablaze in the front yard will be naked.That birch...
