Haven’t we been blessed by the rain the past couple of weeks? I have a good crop of potatoes based on what’s above the ground, and strawberries getting ripe. Tomatoes are...

I guess we were all surprised to wake up this morning to learn Pope Francis had passed away, just one day after he had greeted his followers on Easter day! I’m sure he...

From a farmer: Be the first to saddle up and the last to turn in.Words of wisdom: Old age is coming at a really bad time for me.Be careful about reading health books. You...

Only a country boy from 1942 has seen the following:A milk cow setting her foot down in a bucket full of milk. A tiny yellow chicken hatching and scratching itself from an...

The month of May is Happy Mother's Day to those special ladies, Nurse's Week, Receptionist Week, Memorial Day. Happy birthday to Patti Killingsworth. Happy anniversary to...

Birthdays: May 3rd-Jackson Snyder 12, Wyatt Atkisson 24, Lauren Wixson 36, Tanya Tiller 40, Dina Hatch 49, Doug Wilson 70, Suz Patterson 62 and Jay Brown 74; 4th-Holly...

Has it ever seemed as if you are so far behind with your required tasks that it will be impossible to catch up? There are so many people demanding of your time, chores are...

What We Have Here “What we have here,” as was said in the movie Cool Hand Luke, “is a failure to communicate.” The impetus that produced that statement by the warden of the...

Starting tomorrow whatever life throws at me I am going to duck so it hits someone else.An Ace Hardware store in Kansas with sign says “Eating next door at Taco Bell could...

Friday night was a lazy evening for me. Thank God Kim is always willing to help me get things done. Or else I couldn't get it all done.Saturday morning Jacob and Paisley...

Birthdays: April 26th-Susie Hawks 63, 27th-Blaire White 2, Riley Moller 10, Myah Martin 14, granddaughter-Mayce Baker 19, Hannah Robinson 26, Tristan Vandegrift 29, Lana...

I am finding that the older I get, the less I care what others think of me. It still bothers me greatly when I sense a conflict, but it is easier to let it go in some...

“Madamatics” Do you believe madamatics is “the study of older citizens getting angry while forgetting things?” I believe it is. I have been there. And I have done that. I...

You know old folks are nosy when they say let me ask you this here.My wife said come home at 3:50. I got confused came home with a Ford 350 truck.It isn’t your worst day....

This week’s column will be shorter than usual as I am busier than is usually the case.I have been listening to a book on Hoopla that is the last in a trilogy by Becky Wade...