Category: Opinion

Before this country loses its sense entirely, it ought to be mandatory for every school kid to spend at least one summer working on a farm.

“You ought to get rid of those animals,” said a visiting city relative, who claims to aspire to own a farm some day. He was bothered that I go to the barn every morning and every evening to check on...

Many people define recycling as sorting things into labeled bins and then carting them off to the recycle center. My definition, like that of most country folks, is to keep using things until there’s nothing left to recycle.

The view from my window is ever changing. I don’t mean just the seasonal changes that ice up our little backyard pond, then lace it with daffodils, then overwhelm the banks with grass that needs mowing. The changes I refer...