Sense of Community is Essential
Home from college for the weekend, Josie begged me to help her get into the book her English class was discussing.
Politics: Meaning #5
Teary eyes glistened from the theater stage as the last performance ended. The cast, more than 50 teens from at least 19 schools, spent hours learning the book-thick music and lyrics of the school version of Les Miserables.
Almost ready to face the double digits
Having two children less than two years apart teaches a person a lot about parenting. The problem is that the "students" will be too bone tired for the first six years to remember a single bit of it.
With some creativity, simple Christmas toys can still bring cheer
I knew I could count on one thing for sure. I would not be opening a gift of anything resembling a Creepy Crawlers laboratory.
Judith Sutherland: Snowed in: Enjoying the simple life
Ah, March. It is a month that has long brought us such a seemingly unending array of weather here in this part of the...
Ohio farmers can turn in unwanted pesticides
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a collection for farmers wishing to dispose of unwanted pesticides at two locations in coming weeks.
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....
New year, same focus on water quality
Water quality continues to be a focus, for farmers and everyone else.
Silencing the circus we call television
A month or so ago, the manager of this one-dog farmette clipped the coaxial cable that linked our rural home to the yellers at...
Read it Again: Week of July 26, 2001
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
