Yearly Archives: 2006
Court agrees with ODA: Parrish broke the law
Clean rain causing ripples in streams
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Appalachian hardwood forests may be getting a respite from acid rain, but data from a long-term ecological study of stream chemistry suggests that the drop in acid rain may be changing biological activity in the ecosystem and hiking dissolved carbon dioxide in forest streams.
All I want for Christmas is …
Here it is. My Christmas list. It's my farm editor Christmas list, not my personal wish list (stainless steel pots and pans, if you must know).
Look for miracles all around you
One reason I love spending time with young children is I find it joyful to revel in their wide-eyed wonder at the world.
Easy as hitting a bull in the backside
In late July, this space highlighted recent investigative stories by reporters at the Washington Post.
At Christmas
I compared notes with a friend at work about the kinds of music we'd been working on at our churches, Hers, being one of the largest congregations in the area, just finished doing a Christmas cantata which was, no doubt, grand.
Santa has deadlines, too, so order early
Each holiday season brings certain traditions that are unavoidable. For instance, at some point in December, you're going to turn on the radio and hear The Royal Guardsman singing the Snoopy vs.
Bells ring in life’s fondest memories
This is the time of year when I like to share with you one of my mother's columns from when she wrote for Farm and Dairy from the 1950s until her death in 1965.
When you wish upon a steer: Teen with cancer receives, shows Hereford
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Chris Cummings' wish came true Dec. 2 as he stood in the livestock arena at the 2006 Hoosier Beef Congress in Indianapolis.
The fastest horse
One day there was a horse. It was a racehorse. Tomorrow was Thanksgiving. That was the day that he was going to race.