Are you ready for the country? Because it’s time to go … Neil Young, “Harvest,” 1972
SPARTA, Wis. – Life on the land prepares some for what comes next. There’s time to reflect on the mystery of life. There’s time to become read…
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I recently heard a term used to describe our ability to rediscover family and friends, and resume activities we couldn’t do a year ago.
Recently I was fortunate to be “behind the scenes” as a guest while I listened to Tenzin Botsford tell the story of how he and his wife, Stace…
It was a peaceful Sunday afternoon on the farm the day after a much-needed late-June rain. Suddenly the sleepy midday was shattered by two lou…
I have a theory I can’t prove. The further mankind removes him- or herself from our agrarian past and the work it involved in close proximity …
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OPINION Independence Day is a holiday always filled with many treasured traditions and memorable events. Unfortunately in 2020 we missed so m…
WOODMAN, Wis. – It isn’t quite a ghost town yet, but the main character that made Woodman famous and prosperous is a ghost of the past. The sm…
I was driving down a country road the other day when I spotted two structures at the edge of a field – structures that made me stop for a doub…
“If you want to know the true nature of a man, ask his dog.” – from a collection of epigrams by Greg Galbraith
Question: Why do gas gauges in cars take a long time to go from showing “full tank” to “half full” and then take a much-shorter time to go fro…
After a year's hiatus, dairy breakfasts are returning to Wisconsin -- America's Dairyland. Enjoy but stay safe. Follow all CDC guidelines.
There are many sayings my father had when it came to farming – not all fit for publication in a family newspaper. But one I remember well was …
Editor’s note: Every time we’re needing rain we’ll ask Greg to write another dry-weather column. As soon as he wrote this it rained across muc…
Question: How does my dog know when a storm is coming?
These have been difficult days to live through, with many things causing us to lose our peace.
I’ve always been a bit of a weather nerd, as longtime readers already know, but recently our wild weather ride ventured into the ridiculous category.
Oh, I want to sit on my porch and pick on my old guitar;
Question: Does a cow have a personality?
RISING SUN, Wis. – It’s difficult to believe looking at the few buildings left in Rising Sun that it once made international news. Driving alo…
After a year's hiatus, county fairs are beginning to return. Enjoy but stay safe. Follow all CDC guidelines.
Both the prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament and the apostle John in the book of Revelation are handed scrolls to eat. Each scroll represents…
Freedom’s name is mighty sweet;
I stared straight up at the ceiling tiles of the examination room and tried desperately to take my mind off what was happening in my lower regions.
Question: Can my cat, Fluffy, see color?
Caesar is the elder statesman of the barn cats on the Stern farm outside Kewaskum, Wisconsin. He's battle-worn and ornery; he shows his teeth …