Singing birds: The joy of spring
If you can, build or put up a bluebird house near your home, says columnist Judith Sutherland, and you're in for great wonder.
Country kids’ imaginations run wild
Columnist Judith Sutherland didn't have the wide range of toys that most kids have today - she had bales of hay and piles of sticks - and her pets. So, she learned to improvise.
Taking the Hippocratic oath to heart
Columnist Judith Sutherland compares the doctors in the 1930s with today's physicians.
Truman: Just a Missouri farm boy
The words of former president Harry S. Truman share insight into this trail-blazing president, something columnist Judith Sutherland admires.
Schools of today, schools of yesterday
Columnist Judith Sutherland wonders how today's students would fare in the school of the early 1900s.
Facts, an update and a thank you
Columnist Judith Sutherland shares her son's struggles and his mantra.
Remember friends, family for holidays
Columnist Judith Sutherland finds the most meaningful of holiday gifts comes from the heart.
Homesteaders: The final chapter
Columnist Judith Sutherland wraps up her series on the hardy pioneers who settled the Plains as homesteaders.
Deep, wonderful doggie dreams forever: A tribute to Miss Murphy
Farm dogs are more than just "dogs," and columnist Judie Sutherland was recently forced to say good-bye to a long-time family friend.
Gafkjen heads west to pursue dreams
Columnist Judith Sutherland tells part three of pioneering farmstead settlers in the early 1900s.
