Is that a Superfund site or a farm?
White HAZMAT suits. That's what I think of when I hear the words "Superfund site." White suits with self-contained breathing apparatus, gloves, boots.
My pilgrim progress, or not so much
I have nothing against Thanksgiving. Really. Any holiday that has pie as its main export is all right with me.
Sing a Song of Squirrels
"Many years ago in the '60s, Black squirrels of London Were exported far away, To Kent State University Where they populate today.
Beat the rush, be thankful this week
With the Irish clan and the Germanic horde again descending on our home this Thanksgiving, the week preceding their arrival threatens more action than the following week's three-day, four-night holiday cruise on the SS Club Guebert.
No praise needed for a job well-done
Have you ever noticed that words of praise lift us momentarily, while sharp words of criticism often linger, prompting thoughts of what we should have said in response, over and over, for days on end.
Making farmland preservation work
The screen in the darkened room showed a rural road now bordered on the left by new homes. "I used to farm this," said Knox County's Tim Norris as he flipped to the next slide.
Superhero’s mom has hands of steel
From the moment I held my firstborn son in my arms, I realized, almost instantaneously, that this wild, wonderful, unpredictably joyous journey I had only just begun would, in the blink of a moment, lead to my own planned obsolescence.
For Our Veterans
Appropriate words for this time of year, let's consider the following popular poem attributed to Father Dennis O'Brien, M.
What’s really going on?: Farms still don’t have good records
I have taught the benefits of current, accurate farm financial and production records since I started working with dairy management students at the Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in 1974.
A distinguished fellow gets shuffled
In the big, slow move this past summer from the big, painted house in town, my worn copy of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac went missing.
