Search Results for "Turnips"
News Results 510 of 775 pages
Cutting a fat hog on the taxpayers’ tab
The year isn’t five months old and hog farmers already have had a year to forget: a sick global economy sickening pork demand, costlier feed and a call-it-whatever flu that’s lopped $15 off hog prices in the blink of an eye. Indeed, 2009 has been so bad — on May 5, the National Pork Producers
The stranger in school photographs
I thought we had a deal, fifth grade and I. I had accepted our school district puts fifth graders — mere infants — into ‘middle school.’ I had bought into the idea that ‘middle school’ is merely a figure of speech and fifth grade was just a number — and a low one at that,
Come on, let’s redo payment limits
In a surprisingly move, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns offered three reforms in his Jan. 31 farm bill proposal to fence rich farmers from the farm program payment trough.
Thanksgiving peace
My family gathered around Dad’s dining room table for Thanksgiving dinner. After lingering over the trimmings, we talked about walking off some of our over-indulgence.
Extreme Makeover – Pet Edition 2
Our alarms woke us early on what could have been a sleep-in Saturday, but the appointment I made at the grooming salon was for 8 a.
My monkey-in-law
When I write about my life, people actually ask, with a straight face, if I make things up. When you learn about my people – my family – you soon realize that embellishment is rarely necessary.
Money talks: I just don’t speak the language
Obviously, I am failing to see the big picture, money wise, and for this (and my being a writer – a career path which ranks slightly lower than illegal alien bus boy in terms of financial success), I’m unlikely to ever be obscenely, or even G-ratedly, rich.
Summer: Time to stop and smell the roses
Columnist Judith Sutherland appreciates the joys of summer – especially its glorious middle.
Learning to love the journey
Columnist Judith Sutherland reflects on life’s journeys, major bumps in the road, and going on.
A life of living and giving
Columnist Judith Sutherland pays tribute to a family friend who’s probably now playing Santa in heaven.
