Nothing like a 3-year-old spark plug
It was a gray and dreary morning. Not much happening. Not much to spark the day. Until the phone rang.
Biggest challenge isn’t ag-related
When mad cow test alerts hit the airwaves, Dusty and Cheryl Sonnenberg were worried they wouldn't be able to market their dairy beef products.
No spilled milk to cry over
How is it that in the advent of modern technology, the untold wonders borne of the industrial revolution, and the joy of living in an age that has (at last!) developed a disposable toilet bowl brush, some things remain pathetically unchanged?
Advanced.
Pocket Panache
Struggling in my handbag is an almost daily experience for me. Oh, I made sure to choose a bag with all the organizer pockets including one for a cell phone.
New faces at the kids’ table
I am proud - if a bit startled - to report that my younger cousin brought her own baby to Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Confessions of an errant cow milker
Based on the e-mails, brickbats and live grenades sent me the last few weeks, it's time to come clean: I kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
Getting a ‘license’ for independence
My daughter Caroline is putting her driver's permit to good use, always asking if there is any place I need to go, ever willing to drive me.
Money talks: I just don’t speak the language
Obviously, I am failing to see the big picture, money wise, and for this (and my being a writer - a career path which ranks slightly lower than illegal alien bus boy in terms of financial success), I'm unlikely to ever be obscenely, or even G-ratedly, rich.
Getting the worst job in Washington
Even before Ann Veneman quietly submitted her resignation as secretary of agriculture Nov. 12, the Washington grapevine hung heavy with a long list of likely replacements.
As things go down, look to ridge tops
Just this past week, I once again had a meeting with school officials regarding Cort's on-going struggle with his health and how that pertains to his education.
