Serving up premium memories of frozen treats
I can understand how the recent heat wave might have caught the corner store unawares in the frozen treat ordering department.
Carpool is life in the slowest lane
If you can read this, I have survived to write it and (blessedly) not been killed in a tragic multi-car pileup in the carpool lane.
Berry Season Begins
This spring at our house, we've sampled a couple packages of shipped-in strawberries. They garnish a pretty plate, aren't bad on cereal , but we're still waiting for strawberries fresh from our local patches.
Take care of your round bales, and they’ll take care of your livestock
Storing hay, after production, has a cost to the farm operator in terms of time, effort and machinery required to move bales from production areas to storage areas and then to feeding areas.
Sir Isaac Newton meets Congress
Newton's Third Law of Motion, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction," has direct application to the physics of farm bills.
Graduation brings a new chapter
Life is made up of a million and one ordinary days, but into this mix are sprinkled some truly momentous moments, usually spread out with wonderful harmony and the balance of time.
Little Sister and Ori together again
They are together again, Ori and Little Sister. Never before has this house been utterly silent. Never before has this house been virtually empty except for Lisa who misses her friend almost as much as I do.
Catching a guy is a hole lot of work, dig?
I have come to the conclusion that all the single women I know are spending far too much time worrying about how to meet men.
In Tribute
Memorial Day marks the beginning of our summer season. It was established in 1868 to commemorate the dead from the Civil War.
School’s out for summer: Employing minors can be complex
With the school year coming to a close in the next few weeks, many students will be looking for employment on farms to do a variety of tasks ranging from baling hay to milking cows to operating machinery.
