Being a little sister isn’t an easy job
I grew up among big sisters. I relied heavily on those three older sisters to steer me in the right direction, provide me with entertainment, clue me in on the latest cool things to say and keep me informed on what not to wear.
Lessons learned in the kitchen
I don't remember when I made my first cake or when my mother first gave me advice about cooking. As for my early experiences with baking, I remember the 4-H project on breads and pastries that I worked on the summer I was 7.
Bye to Harvard’s only ag economist
The news of John Kenneth Galbraith's April 29 passing brought but a moment's sadness before it swept me back to the book-lined study of his home where, in mid-June 1986, he availed himself to a lengthy interview so I could prepare a profile of him for Farm Journal's Top Producer magazine.
Tiny tunes: Can’t stop the music
Please do NOT call Children's Services on me. Despite what you may think (and what scientific evidence may have proven), exposure to the soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever does not actually constitute child abuse.
Crop inputs sure are expensive
Crop input prices increased dramatically during the past year. Fuel and fertilizer are the main culprits and these price increases promise to shrink profits severely in 2006.
Pet week
Soothing is the contented purring of a friendly cat - its companionship helping me forget my problems and warming me by its cozy comfort.
Your mother raised such an idiot!
The e-mailer was hotter than a $3 pistol. "What part of illegal don't you understand?" the opening salvo of the angry note asked after a column on immigration reform - and the lack thereof - a month ago.
The case of the drip switch
It should be noted that what I lack in mechanical ability, I make up for with a complete lack of common sense.
Recalling my own Alaskan connection
I have been thoroughly enjoying the writings of Heather Lende, a newspaper reporter in small-town Haines, Alaska.
It’s not delivery, it’s pasture-raised
I'm intrigued by the growing "local foods" movement and direct marketing of just about anything farm-fledged.
