We are blessed to live in rural America
"Fireworks bring us together to celebrate all that we have, our many gifts as a free nation." -- Pearl Tinus, 1955
No matter how...
Water wars will impact us all
California is embroiled in a hot issue that affects agriculture, as well as everyday living -- an issue that will affects us all sooner or later. Water.
Squaring Away the Holiday
A summer buffet would not be considered a true hoedown without dancing. Just what is a "hoedown"? Webster dictionary says, "hoedown (ho'doun') noun
1. a...
You want funny? I’ll give you funny
All truth passes through three stages, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once explained. "First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is...
Hoping for a hat rack grain market
Tuesday's market (June 30), we're in a "hat rack" market -- we're looking look for some kind of market news to "hang our hat on."
Don’t miss the chance for broadband in southern Ohio
Editor:Like many of your readers I live in the countryside, out of reach of modern broadband and barely in range of cellular service. I,...
What is really going on in these days of vast “over-supply?”
Editor:An article on a Web site, taken from USDA's Livestock, Dairy, Poultry Outlook Report, dated June 17, 2009, grabbed my attention when it stated...
Hazard A Guess: Week of June 25, 2009
Hello from Hazard!Item No. 865 proved to be a popular one (or an easy one)!Charles Sproul of St. Clairsville, Ohio; Eli Miller of Mesopotamia,...
Getting to the Heart of Soul Food
Over the centuries and throughout the world and every culture, food, and the sharing thereof, tends to warm the heart and knit the soul....
Bullfrogs are the victims of ecological chaos
Visit a farm pond ringed with dense vegetation this month, and you're sure to hear two distinctive sounds. A booming "Jug-o'-rummm!" signals the presence...
