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Rural Americans way ahead of leaders
In a brief presentation to some 250 or so farm and small town members of Iowa mutual insurance companies Nov. 17, I asked for a show of hands on two questions. First, I asked, regardless who is president, how many here think there will not be some sort of national health care program within the
Life on a beach: There’s more than meets the eye
Few habitats seem as sterile as a sandy New Jersey beach. Waves of salt water constantly wash the shoreline. The only obvious indicators of life are pieces of broken shells washed ashore by the last high tide. But appearances can deceive. Plenty The biota on a sandy beach can’t compare to a tropical rain forest,
Spring could be a doozie in Midwest
Midwesterners have to be wondering: Will April be the cruelest month?
The power of faith and fate
I know this is a column about life and all the funny little things that can happen when living it. I hope you generally enjoy it.
HOME IMPROVEMENT: Pressure-treated woods leach arsenic
Structures using chromated copper arsenate treated wood have been considered safe for use by children, but recent tests of soil around some play equipment, however, have make this assumption questionable.
Enjoy the splendor of autumn
Eliza Blue ponders the splendor of autumn.
Duck hunting expedition teaches many lessons
Julie Geiss and her husband decide whether or not to let their oldest son go duck hunting on the Ohio River.
Head boat fishing on the sound in the Outer Banks
Head boat fishing is a great way to spend a few vacation hours waiting for the next bite rather than hiding behind a boring paperback.
Congress wraps up its least productive year ever
Every year ends on Dec. 31. Every baseball season ends with the World Series. Growing seasons end with a hard freeze and the opera season is over when a large, round lady sings. Today’s ag political season, however, never ends. Farm bills take more than two years to write and they’re still not written. Negotiations
Snowy weather means more in youth
“Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.” — Gustave Flaubert The wintery months of cold and gray
