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John Christy is my new hero
Last week, I had never heard of John Christy. This week, he’s my hero. Christy is the director of the
Realize the reach of sisterly power
Who would I be without my sisters? I am talking both about the sisters who were born into my life, and the sisters I have chosen throughout my adult life.
Political animal’ pays her respects
Columnist Judith Sutherland turns her thoughts, like all of us last week, to our late president.
Each animal has its own way to overwinter
Right now, wood frogs are frozen solid. The body is rigid, breathing ceases and the heart stops beating. They have perfected the cryogenic freezing process. They are literally “frogsicles.”
It’s deer season and it’s a jungle out there
Anyone who lives in deer country knows fall is the most dangerous time of year. It’s when deer-vehicle collisions peak. In many areas, it’s not if you hit a deer, it’s when you hit one. Over the last 20 years I’ve hit six deer. One totaled my car, and another did $3,000 in damage. Fortunately
Hunting trips can supply a wealth of wild critters
Hunting trips are always focused on a single animal, species, or trophy but there are often more wild critters, some small, some big, if one looks beyond the prey.
From Catalonia to California, it has been one long, hot summer
Alan Guebert warns the world is running out of luck fast as extreme heat due to climate change threatens crop production internationally.
Judith Sutherland: Young man persists, despite hardships
Sometimes the most impressive lives bear unspeakable sorrow but the story is told with a glow of perseverance, or simply never told at all. — Margaret Allenwood, 1902 Part II (See Part I) Anna Chloe spent her life with a steely determination to accomplish farm and house work. Her somber presence stood in stark
True tales from the tractor seat
In the early 1970s, I finished spraying a field, and parked the tractor at the driveway with the booms still out. Then, I forgot about it.
