Go ahead and bet against Europe
When I hopped on the ag journalism jet in 1981, the European Union (known then as the European Economic Union) forecast it would spend...
Ask FSA Andy: Preventing barn fires
FSA Andy gives advice on how to prevent hay stack fires.
Personality matters when pairing hunters, dogs
Good hunting dogs are born to be good but can often be side tracked, or kept from being a truly good performer, by the...
The painful bruise of loss lingers
Sutherland remembers her father and what Memorial Day means to her.
There are varied reasons as to why birds sing songs
A Parkersburg, West Virginia reader writes that, “Mockingbirds woke me up several times last night. Why are they singing at night?” Daily conversation Birds...
Think About it: Senior adults
SENIOR ADULTSWe hear much today about senior citizens. Senior citizens are people who have reached an age in their lives that are now looked...
Take a guess how this is going to end
Since you speak English as well as anyone, perhaps you understand the working paragraph of a May 19 Washington Post column that explains the...
Bad gas causes problems for boaters
Jarrod Craft, lead mechanic at Ravenna Marine, has a big cardboard box full of bad news. Bad news to boaters that is. The stuff...
The secret life of a drainage ditch
You've heard the saying that the value of land is based mainly on location, location, location. But after working for many years in a...
Life as a news junkie
I watch the news mainly to feel better about myself. No matter how dorky I might be on any given day (and my dork...
