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When push comes to shove
The danger of writing about your life, yourself and your family is that you are always in grave danger of becoming one of “those moms.” You know the ones. Your children are always beautiful, brilliant, gifted. Maybe Garrison Keillor can get away with that when writing about Lake Woebegone, but here in the real world
There are paths to pursue in agriculture
“The shortage of large-animal veterinarians coincides with the reduction of small family farms and rural life in America. Traditionally, large-animal veterinarians grew up on farms and around livestock. Today, only 1 percent of the United States’ population lives on farms.” — from Help Wanted by Paul A. Canada, published in The American Quarter Horse Journal,
Homeopathy has its fans and foes
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Mahatama Ghandi used it. So did Mark Twain and John D. Rockefeller. Cindy Crawford, Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey and Prince Charles are all said to be fans. The object of their admiration? Homeopathy, a non-toxic method of treating illnesses characterized as pure genius by its fans and pure quackery by its
Sharing a story of Grace and love
It was a story no one could write but Don Rupert.
Dogs, logs and crackers
My daughter is standing before me, crying. She is also limping and dragging her foot in a way that implies she might, in fact, be crippled for life. I leap to attention: “What’s the matter, babe?” “I stubbed … (hiccup, sob) … my toe, (sniffle, sob, gasp) on … ACE’S LOG!” Of course she did.
You really need to do a balance sheet
Yes, it is time to take inventories and prepare balance sheets.
Dairy farm discovery: ‘We caught the creature’
SALEM, Ohio — “It’s sort of like a pony, kinda like a deer, and has this goat thingy on its neck.” That’s how a surprised Paula Bardo describes the nilgai, the fugitive exotic animal caught on the family’s Columbiana County dairy farm last week. Did you see it? Residents of southwestern Mahoning County and northwestern
A life of simple living and giving
(Author’s note: The following column was first published the week of Christmas 1994. Now, by tradition, it returns.
Crop inputs sure are expensive
Crop input prices increased dramatically during the past year. Fuel and fertilizer are the main culprits and these price increases promise to shrink profits severely in 2006.
Check Out My Check Boxes
I meant to grab a refill for my checkbook and was sorry to find an empty check box. I don’t remember taking out the last set of checks and don’t remember any order form that should have been sent in.
