If your children want to help you decorate the Christmas cookies, but you don’t want a big mess of sticky kitchen knives and spons all over th…
Sometime in the 90s, my brother gave me his Fisher-Price blue Kodak that used 110 film and a flash bar. It took many cat photos.
"Dad looked at good fortune and bad luck as just two ends of the same stick."
"Midco was a blessing to so many during the worst of COVID when fans were not allowed to attend a sporting event. I might add the blessing is …
"They got into a fight with the light-up deer herd, and by the looks of it, they had used the sidewalk candy canes as a weapon."
"The Biden administration seems to have a one-track mind when it comes to renewable energy, and its policies are leaving our producers out to …
There stood the reincarnated remains of Stegosaurus. He had one brain the size of a walnut in his head that controlled his mouth. He had anoth…
This time of year, most of us are trying to save up a bit of money for the Christmas season that is fast approaching. A reader from Oregon sen…
Sending some holiday sweets? The best cookies for mailing, according to columnist Sherri Poore, are gingersnaps and crisp spice cookies, which…
Running forty head through the chute sounds like a fairly simple task. But, so does changing a flat, unless all you have is a crescent wrench …
"There have been a lot of struggles this last year, but I think sometimes experiences make us wiser and more aware of our surroundings. How we…
Question: Recently I read that enteric-coated tablets could burn holes in my intestines. Not good! Is there any way to safely ingest aspirin a…
Inspired by practical advice she got when she first got married, Paula Vogelgesang created PennyWise, the eight-page tabloid-size newspaper Vo…
"Thanksgiving way back when is hazy. Maybe that’s because my mom made four- and five-course meals every single day."
“When the lights came on in our little farm house, I noticed that Mother was silently crying. ... She, more than anyone else in the family, un…
"A few years ago, we set up a life estate for our land. Now we are wondering what the tax implications might be for doing so."
"Nowdays, everybody’s got an arena and nobody comes. You have to rope with your wife and she’s learning to barrel race."
Recovering from hip surgery, Jaclyn is told to take it easy for a month? Is that even possible?
For most people, those dates involve cooking, baking or entertaining. That can be daunting if, like me, you battle kitchen clutter. Columnist …
Does low-dose aspirin offer any protection against COVID, especially for older people? Our pharmacists share some research:
"I have had manure more places than I ever have had before."
'Twas a matchup made in Elko for the cowboys in the know called the Rough and Ready Knock Down Finals All Ranch Rodeo.
Winter hasn’t hit here yet, but I know that it’s just around the corner and I’m trying to get ready for the cold.
"I haven’t a clue who dreamed up the slogan 'Spring ahead, fall back,' but it’s about the handiest four words in the English language."
"All of us who benefit from ethanol production and its use should do everything in our power to promote the fuel whenever possible."
I had just finished loading 184 seven-foot steel T-posts, old ones, by the way, in my pickup and was unloading a mere 24 bales of hay from the…
We always joke/nervous laugh that October is “National Sick Calf Month” and depending on how pessimistic we feel, sometimes it’s “National Dea…