Boating into new year with shows, options
Boaters! Start you engines. Yeah, sure, with a foot of ice on every lake, temperatures cold enough to freeze a bad word in midair,...
Great horned owls offer great entertainment
A few nights into the new year, three different species of owl sang within earshot of the back porch. It began shortly after 9...
Why does January have to be a bear?
January is such an unlovable month. I'm sure there are people who embrace it with pure unbridled joy, I just haven't met any of...
You had to have pluck to survive
"I'd passed the teacher test. I was being offered the job of an itinerant replacement teacher in northern Arizona. The school that was expecting...
Columnist recounts visit to Ohio in mid-1800s
Today we don't think of Ohio as being "The West," although it was 170 years ago. I have bound volumes of an Albany, N.Y....
Holmes Co., Alpine Cheese water quality trading project proves successful
Holmes Co., Alpine Cheese water quality trading project is successfulThe idea set forth to Holmes SWCD and others was relatively straightforward, yet innovative. The...
It is a new year with new committee members
Greetings!Congratulations to all the newly elected and re-elected county committee members. Their responsibilities begin immediately as the first official meeting this month will require...
One plan, three men and 50 years
When Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry and Fred Kirschenmann get together, conversation, laughter and ideas flow. Other than a closeness in age, the three appear...
The true behind-the-scenes farm story
Through the years, I have occasionally strayed off the strictly educational or informative path in this column. It is happening again today… because late...
Finally, some news comes to grain markets; awaiting USDA reports
We wait with abated breath the results of USDA's research to see if the trading of the last couple of months makes sense. Then, we anticipate the reaction to the reports.
