We’ve come a long way, or have we?
Is anyone else old enough to remember when the worst epithet you could scream to someone on the playground who was bullying you was,...
May Day, pillowcases and mushrooms
Dancing through the woods, pretending we were gypsies in search of food, my sisters long ago taught me that somewhere around May Day we...
Pa. FB pushes S.B. 1413
Pa. farmers have helped push some of the most stringent environmental safeguards in the nation, but a few township officials are imposing their own version of regulations and limitations on agriculture.
Give me ketchup or give me death
I often dreamed that once I packed my youngest child off to kindergarten, I would be free to indulge in some "me" time and become one of the much heralded "ladies who lunch.
Big numbers should trigger hard questions
Hard numbers, hard questions and even harder answers.
Only the wealthy can truly eat healthy
Eating healthy in today's world can prove to be a major challenge.
I just ran across a very old book in my collection which has intrigued me.
She’s come undone
It has come to my attention after 16 years in residence in this particular old house, I can no longer refer to any project...
Start of school is the end of freedom
There is nothing like the start of a new school year to make a child just itch for freedom. This was my first year in a very long time to not be sending a child off to the local school in August.
The Wiener Roast at Toby’s
The Bigelow's Scotch terrier was the first thing I spotted when I got out of our van. Frolicking among the company who gathered at...
Daddy and his helpers make a great team
A farm is a finely tuned machine, and a good leader always needs a good crew, even if the crew is a young one.
