The best adventures are the unexpected ones
Julie Geiss recalls all the challenges of a days-long family bike trip, amused that her children recall the same trip and only remember the adventure.
You can’t win
Bryce Angell crafts a poem about a trip to town with his wife and pup.
Getting in tune with your home
Moving to a rural place, engaging with the seasons, the animals under her care, the weather, and the land have all helped Eliza Blue feel more harmonious.
Long marriages are rooted in strong faith
Judith Sutherland admires the way her older sister's marriage has endured through sickness and health for the last 50 years.
Harvest realities a mixed bag
In Marlin Clark's weekly conference call, the common opinion among grain market analysts was that harvested crops have been surprisingly good.
Adapting livestock guardian dogs to fit farm needs
Tarma Shena takes a look at how the dogs she breeds now are better — and not better — than the ones she bred years ago.
Things with wings
Raptor Hallow Sanctuary, located west of Alliance, Ohio, houses many magnificent creatures that came from wildlife rehabilitation centers all over the U.S.
Sometimes students are heroes to teachers
Judith Sutherland recalls the day she and her classmates saved her first-grade teacher from the noisy, dizzying nightmare of a horrifying mouse.
How to reduce the cost of fertilizing and liming pastures
Fall is an ideal time to collect soil samples, evaluate nutrient levels and develop a management plan to reduce the cost of fertilizing and liming pastures.
Agricultural policy was about cultural stability, not endless market growth
Alan Guebert proposes putting citizens and communities at the center of ag policy instead of markets and consumers and seeing what happens.
