How often have you been shopping with someone when a clerk asks you, “Can I help you?” How often has your answer been “I’m just wasting time while ????? shops?” Actually, you were checking to see what was available in

Since the world got serious about COVID-19 about mid March, 2020 and many restrictions on movement of people were either suggested or demanded, people have had a lot more time to reflect on what is really important in life. My

This article may be “old news” to farmers; BUT even with many recent thunderstorms and rain, I have noticed that there are still some lawns and graveyards with big, brown dead spots and shortly after the “dead spots” appear, you

When the COVID-19 virus went worldwide in March, we didn’t know how long the lockdown would last and panic buying caused us to . . .

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 . . .