An old saying, “When someone throws you a lemon, make lemonade,” still holds true. I had planned all week to relax on Sunday, sitting in the park, where in this time when COVID-19 is still a threat and social distancing

During the last week of July 2020, I heard some farmer say “This 2020 drought is worse than 2012.” I didn’t make a remark but, in the fall of 2012, I cut hundreds of . . .

Last week, I learned a new meaning of R and D (research and duplicate). Last weekend, we did as many old farmers do. We went for a little drive to . . .

On July 17, 2020 I awakened at four in the morning to the sound of rain falling on the tin roof outside our window. After a very dry summer when hay crops were only yielding thirty to fifty per cent

Every now and again, after we have been plodding along for an extended period of time, doing our best to keep everything kind of normal during an extended time when a lot is unknown, we must take a few minutes,

As this war against COVID-19 progresses, I witness an increasing number of challenges that are similar to what farmers have to adjust to. Our farmers have to adjust to . . .

On June 23, 2020, our community lost one of their best known and respected citizens. John Atkinson was a . . .

Last week, I received a phone call from an old friend telling me that he had found a few old farm magazines that I might like to look at. Tom had been restoring a large mirror frame off a dresser

Here we are in the second week of June and the rate of infections and deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus are still at alarming rates. We have been told and told and told how to avoid crowds, wear a

On the third week of May 2020, there was an extreme heat wave in the Pontiac that chased people inside, left dogs panting and cows distressed with the heat. Scott put a picture up showing cows . . .