Hazard A Guess: Week of February 26, 2004.
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
The high cost of political help
July has been a tough month for farmers and ranchers in The Washington Post. On July 2 and again July 18, The Post published lengthy investigative pieces on the enormous cost, wanton waste, and built-in silliness of today's federal farm programs.
Our first good deed of 2010 on New Year’s Day
On the afternoon of the first day of January, my wife and I scrambled to get a few outdoor chores finished before the snow...
Getting Up-Close-and-Personal with Our Schools
This is Kathie's first year of high school. She's always done well in school. This year she involved herself in several extra activities, so I knew keeping up with homework might take extra effort.
Gunning for the rural vote in November
Show me the contents of a person's wallet and I'll outline their life. My skinny wallet, for example, holds just two credit cards (likes convenience, hates consumer debt), a grocery store discount card (cheapskate), a driver's license, voter's registration card and fishing license (name, address, age, dull life) as well as a blood donor card (O Positive).
Capturing the moment forever
As summer nods its farewell, our school hosts the annual football homecoming game and dance in mid-October each year.
Have yourself a very merry something, something
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt finds herself singing along with Christmas carols instead of just humming the parts she doesn't know. How about you?
Read it Again: Week of Aug. 23, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Making time for celebrity crime
I can't even get arrested in this town. Well, OK, technically I could probably get arrested, but what I probably wouldn't get is a CNN ticker and headline news.
For The Graduate
Although I've noticed the graduation cap and gown hanging in my daughter's closet on those few occasions when I invade her private space, nothing brought her imminent graduation home so vividly as an awards night ceremony where her classmates were honored for their high school achievements.
