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Try to be a little Pollyanna-ish
Oh how my sister and I hated Pollyanna. Pollyanna — the heroine of a long-ago children’s book — was a symbol of relentless cheerfulness. No matter how dire the circumstance, the “little glad girl” managed to find something cheerful about it. The author who gave her birth — Eleanor H. Porter — in 1913 created
Enjoy the gifts of an early fall
“I spent the afternoon astraddle the ridge of the new barn-loft roof laying down a ridgecap, a course of overlapping shingles that covers the seam where the shingles meet from each slanting roof face. It would have been difficult not to have been happy up there. The fall migration of monarch butterflies, stunning creatures of
Eastern wood-pewee sings its own name best
Of all the birds that sing their own name, the eastern wood-pewee does it best. Every morning as I lie in bed just before dawn, I hear the usual spring chorus dominated by robins, cardinals and Carolina wrens. In the background, from deeper in the woods, comes the pewee’s plaintive, two-part song — “pee-a-weee,” followed
Get your chimney capped soon to avoid swifts
To avoid having chimney swifts invade your home this spring, get your chimney capped — as soon as possible. Swifts usually return in mid-April, but precise arrival dates are tied to weather, particularly temperature, which determines the activity of flying insects. Swifts eat flying insects exclusively. You can check their northward progress at www.chimneyswifts.org. Chimney
Presidential election: We are deep into the rabbit hole now
When moderator Jim Lehrer asked presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama Sept. 29 what budget ‘priorities’ each would ‘adjust’ because of the pending $700 billion financial bailout, Obama, answering first, focused on federal programs he’d fix rather than fat he’d cut — energy, education, health care, rural broadband. Lehrer then turned to McCain. The
Business Profile: Danco General Contracting
LORDSTOWN, Ohio — The way Dan Wilson sees it, if the Mahoning Valley is growing, his business is growing. That’s why he’s a one-man economic development cheerleader for the valley, and specifically the Lordstown area he calls home. “I grew up here,” said Wilson. “We’re trying to grow Lordstown; we’re trying to grow the area.”
Bare cupboard needs a great crop
There’s no profit in arguing with government numbers, a veteran commodity trader once moaned to me. “You might be right come two months,” he explained, “but the market might kill you in two weeks.” That advice came to mind when plowing into the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s June 2 Crop Progress Report. Despite the wettest,
Silage values aren’t a magic number
Regardless of the weather, there is always a need for a reasonable estimate of the price of corn when used for silage.
Learning to feed the right wolf
(Editor’s note: I wrote this column in July 2003. Re-reading it this week, it seemed like an appropriate piece to reprint.
An eating trip through New Mexico
When the lovely Catherine and I slipped out of steamy Illinois for a driving trip to New Mexico June 30, the last item I tossed into her car was a rain parka.
