Tag: childhood
Learning life lessons through games
Judith Sutherland learned how to be a diplomatic winner and a good loser playing games in the farm house of her youth.
Summer’s end brings happy memories
Judith Sutherland's grandson and great-nephew enjoy watching the kicker baler make its way across her western boundary field.
Prized tomatoes and sibling wars
Julie Geiss takes us back to the end of summer sometime in the 1980s, during a time of sibling rivalries and prized Egyptian heirloom tomatoes.
Magical memories of life on the farm
Judith Sutherland recalls things about being a child on a farm in the 1960s that felt almost magical.
Childhood theories
Kymberly Foster Seabolt reminisces about how, as a child, it seemed like her mom knew everything.
Twine and duct tape are farm staples
Judith Sutherland shares a column from 2007, about the many uses of twine and duct tape on a dairy farm.
Home sick? Try grandma’s cure-all
Alan Guebert recalls some of his mother's and grandmother's home remedies for common illnesses and ailments.
Recalling the haven of our youth
Judith Sutherland recalls the childhood games she played on the farm of her youth.
Will active shooter drills be a part of a generation’s memories...
Judith Sutherland reflects on how school shootings and active shooter drills have changed the comfortable atmosphere she recalls from her youth at school.
Reconnecting with old friends gives opportunities to re-live youth
Judith Sutherland recounts a recent visit with, Kathy, a neighbor girl from her earliest memories.
