Some say the key to a good life is balance, which is hard to achieve when you’ve always been a half-bubble or more off level like me.
While some of that statement is metaphorically true, it’s also...
It’s been a strange fall season as we head into mid-October.
As of this writing our valley has yet to be touched with frost. Making it past Oct. 1 without a frost used to be a rarity but is now becoming...
The towering bluffs were shrouded with fog and ribbons of lightning flicked across the dark sky as I said goodbye to the waning hours of the summer.
It was the morning of Sept. 22 and I was heading...
I’ve had a fascination with caves as far back as I can remember. My first recollection was when I was maybe 4 years old living near Milwaukee.
Dad said we were going to meet some friends in the cavern....
Be it for the good or the bad, we are from whom we descend. While our ancestors don’t define us, we wouldn’t be here without them.
My descendants and their lives were on my mind recently when my...
Labor Day has come and gone, marking what many celebrate as the last blast of summer.
Technically Labor Day is a holiday to celebrate the social and economic achievements of American workers and not...
A wise man once said “measure twice, cut once.”
So let me tell you a tale about the fool who measured two times but then forgot the number. In fact, I can tell it from a first-person perspective.
Recently...
There comes a day every year in the midst of the dance of the seasons when winter allows spring a brief interlude.
Since we live in Wisconsin, that day may come in late February or late March and will...
My preparations for the upcoming gun deer season took me on a walk through the woods the other day.
While my purpose was to prepare my deer stand, I also needed the walk for therapeutic reasons. A busy...
As we march through the end of October, the harvest season is earlier and going full throttle in farm country, thanks mainly to a long stretch of dry weather.
It’s a busy time of year, with tractors,...
As a longtime suffering and now recovering journalist, I’m a self-professed word nerd. Words are my friends and finding the right one gives me the same feeling as finding a winning lottery ticket.
So...
The lifebl
ood of any farmer is the soil that provides their livelihood, so taking care of it has to be a top priority.
That care involves more than simply adding fertilizer and chemicals...
