Homestead Happenings

  In this photo from 1984 taken at a pre-school Halloween party, Mike carves a jack-o-lantern for 5-year-old Clinton, a.k.a. Skeletor. 

Watching the autumn light and shadow play on the farm fields on an enchanted evening, my thoughts wandered back a century to my Grandmother ...

It happens to some of us. Someone you love is incarcerated, and suddenly you have to do things you never dreamed you’d ever have to do, begi...

When they say, “Fall is for planting,” exactly who are they talking about and where do they live? As we cleaned out the raised beds today,...

  He is honest, hardworking, ambitious, independent, public-spirited. Wanted to carve his own way and not work for someone else, wanted hi...

Pine trees reflected on June's field So – We’ve gone from unseasonably warm temps to a sudden need for warmer garments. Last night I tur...

  Listen, the hard candy cost 9 cents a pound, cream 15 cents a pint, nuts two pounds for 35 cents. Some change!   – Ina Dobson to son Vanc...