A friend battles next hurricane
The swirling hurricane season keeps pounding away, and everyone I've talked to in recent days is concerned about friends and family living in the southeast.
Imaginations keep farm kids busy
"Some days, we would simply walk the fields and stroll the woods just for enjoyment. It seemed we didn't really need a good reason, but sometimes we would offer to check the north fence or insist upon checking to see if the latest storm knocked any trees about in the back woods.
Horses ‘utterly horror-stricken’
"For those who did not drive one, automobiles were an unmitigated nuisance and often provided even dangerous situations.
Survival of a young country doctor
"Dog trainers have a saying that in order to train a dog one must know more than the dog. In order to drive a horse in dangerous situations, one must know more than the horse.
Will New England farm story repeat?
Columnist Judith Sutherland questions what is really progress.
Looking back, it was a different world
Columnist Judith Sutherland looks at school life through the eyes of an older friend.
Ups and downs of the Appalachians
Columnist Judith Sutherland rediscovered the Appalachian Trail through the words of author Bill Bryson.
Armchair hikers can blaze the trail
Columnist Judith Sutherland boggles her mind with thoughts of backpacking the Appalachian Trail. Instead, she'll read a good book about it.
Keep up with a soldier’s life in Iraq
Columnist Judith Sutherland read's about a soldier's experience online.
We realize every day is not sunny
Columnist Judith Sutherland's son Cort has learned lessons in his young life that many of us never learn.
