A mom in sickness and in health
"(Michael) Jackson taken to hospital with flu; jury selection delayed a week'' - Associated Press, Feb.
Grab attention: Show me the numbers
The trick in getting farmers to read farm magazines, a long-time editor of mine repeatedly admonished, is to put numbers in the headline, the lead and every paragraph thereafter.
Gluten Glitch
Wheat reigns supreme in our Western world with wheat flour a staple in so many of our foods. Besides wheat's nutritional properties, it is valued for the versatility of wheat gluten.
The not-so princess diaries
In the beginning, when it came to parenting a daughter, I wasn't exactly in the pink.
Sure, I had been a girlie-girl as a child.
Trillion-dollar debt shapes budget, but Washington can’t blot red ink
As the White House and Congress pout, parry and plot over the 2006 federal budget plan of President George W.
Where is ag on Bush’s priorities?
One day recently, the morning TV news carried two headlines that made me stop in my tracks.
Condoleeza Rice was appealing for several billion dollars in aid to be sent to Tunisia, and about quadruple that billion dollar amount to be sent to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Help yourself by training employees
In a dairy farm's employee break room, I saw the following posted: "Our employees are our most important asset.
Someday your prince will come – if his mommy says he can
Someday your prince will come. Sadly, if you're Camilla Parker Bowles, he'll come with some serious baggage.
Growing up late
At 30, I left the home where I grew up. Though not posh or extravagant, it was a place that afforded more comforts than I could have ever enjoyed on my own.
Budget’s math, politics don’t add up
Presidential budget proposals usually are about two things, politics and mathematics. Both elements carry equal weight.
