Party Tips for New Year That’s Tops
Plan a simple menu. Serve two favorite courses: appetizers and dessert. Select recipes that include your personal comfort foods, whether it s cheese, chocolate...
Celebrate the first silent night
(Note: This column first appeared in Farm and Dairy 15 years ago. This morning, I searched through my yellowed clippings to share it again...
A Christmas Eve to remember
It was the night before Christmas about 15 years ago. Nora was barely 10, and Emma was still dreaming of kindergarten. We had just...
Traditions: The gifts that keep on giving
What does one give the 9-year-old who has everything? My children -- and most of their friends -- are the luckiest children in America....
Winter pasture management can also be mud management
Let me paint you a winter pasture management picture. Here sits our grazier, indoors next to a cozy wood stove fire while the farm's...
FSA Andy for Dec. 25, 2008
Hello Again!As we celebrate Christmas, I always reflect back, not only on this year, but on those gone by. I am so thankful for...
Enjoy the memories of Christmas past
"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there." As the years have rolled...
Time for some good news
Editor:On the way back from the mailbox to retrieve the newspaper, I was struck by what seemed like the 30th bad news headline in...
Illegal hunting laws need enforced
Editor:
I have never written or responded to a letter to the editor of any publication. However, I felt compelled to do so upon reading...
Infectious Diseases Society of America is inaccurate
Editor:I would like to point out several inaccuracies and distortions in the recent press release from the Infectious Diseases Society of America that was...
