Pleasant memories of past summertimes
There has always been something amazing about a good swimming spot that draws me like a pig to mud. A swan dive from a...
Easy to take bees’ work for granted
Bees play a large part in our farming world, but their work is needed everywhere.
Life cycle is most apparent on farm
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time...
It’s true: Father does know best
“The youth group is going canoeing on Wednesday! Can I go? Please?” I asked after church one summer Sunday.“Only if it rains. We are...
Baby animals bring life to farm
Returning home at dusk, we came to a dead stop last night while turning in to our lane. A skunk was playing with her...
The painful bruise of loss lingers
Sutherland remembers her father and what Memorial Day means to her.
Only three channels, but it was the whole world in television
(Part three)In the early 1960s, a 23-inch black and white television set cost $219, with a 26-inch color TV going for $379. If a...
Color TV made quite an impact
(Part two)The first time color came to the TV screen for us to see, it seemed the whole world had changed. That NBC peacock...
TV changed U.S., one show at a time
(Part I)In my childhood, television was very limited. And I mean that in every possible way. First, it went without saying that the television...
