We all have relatives or friends who live in some part of the USA. Just like many of my neighbours who now live in Canada when my ancestors came from different parts of Europe to North America, their families lived

Since medieval times, the fall fair has been a time to celebrate the year with music, dance, drink and food with your neighbours and to show off the best that you have produced. Needless to say, when our ancestors came

Lately while watching an old rerun of The Waltons I realized that I and many of our neighbours had grown up in a home situation very similar to the one portrayed on The Waltons set. We lived three generations in

Farmers have always been known to work long hours tilling their fields, planting crops, cutting hay, harvesting crops and tending their animals. All this while watching the weather and planning their many jobs to fit between rains. Many years they

In agriculture, as in many other jobs, every day we are faced with decisions that may be as simple as getting up at five or six a.m. Leaving for work early enough can allow you to have a leisurely coffee

Every time we received a good rain, my dad used to say, “that was a million dollar rain”. The meaning of that old statement finally sunk into my slow old brain the third week of July 2018. After a month

Several years ago a merchant friend of mine described to me very simply what it means to the community to lose a farmer. He said “Every time a farmer quits, I sell two pairs of rubber boots less a year.”

We all spend a lifetime improving our reputation by doing good deeds, working hard, giving reliable advice, and helping those in need. However, just tell a few intentional lies, talk behind someone’s back, or take advantage of someone in a

When we think of our five senses, we think of sight, sound and smell first. We know someone who is blind or deaf. Most of us are fortunate enough to have all of our five senses but take them for

A few decades ago most stores sold items: meat, cheese and even nails and steeples by weight. There was always a government approved scale on the counter beside the cash register. Usually a paper bag was placed on the scales