A long line of gassy farmers
I get stomachaches. I get them with regularity and always have.“It’s just gas!” my mother says, and of course, she’s right.My mother tells me...
Maybe it was a Sasquatch
It was not the kind of ghost story any of us were expecting.We — my wife and I and four “grandkids” — were leisurely...
To wear or not to wear a mask
Don’t you think it is human nature that we do not care for being told what to do? We like to think we are...
The U.S. trade policy and Ohio
U.S. trade policy. How’s it been working for Ohio?Alan Guebert, who writes for the weekly Ohio-based rural newspaper Farm and Dairy, wrote the following...
Zoom chat with an old friend
Yesterday, I had a nice long Zoom chat with an old friend.I know this is nothing remarkable these days, but it was the first...
A deputy and Gale Sayers
Two topics, mostly unrelated but still related by the times we’re living through, are on my mind this week. One is the efforts of...
Goodbyes can be difficult
Fall is coming. I can feel it. I love it — the smell of the harvest and the cool crisp morning air, but with...
The problem of childhood poverty
It’s been said that the pandemic has exposed abrasions and holes in the historical fabric of American life. My maternal grandfather was said to...
Husband at war with the mice
My husband Peter is now at war with the mice.The mice (possibly with the assistance of a rat or two) have eaten the electrical...
Carrying on a family tradition
Staring at me from a wall in my office is a painting that never fails to lighten my mood. It is an autumn scene...
