Milo Yield

Recently, while down-sizing my life, sorting through a stack of folders I ran across a bunch of “Ruff Times,” an economic newsletter published back...

A week ago about this time in the afternoon we were pulling up to the unloading dock and greeting some helpful folks at the...

A guess the inexperienced farm wife who wrote what follows must have seen my column and decided her story about learning the ins and...

The price and availability of various foodstuffs is newsworthy fodder these days. Inflation, and perhaps price gouging, is making all foodstuffs more expensive. Parts of...

I learned the hard way last week that being a Good Samaritan can turn out to be expensive. Here’s what happened: On the day before...

This story wuz told to me as a true one. I doubt its veracity, but I don’t doubt its humor. So, here’s the story: A...

Early this week I wuz finishing up mowing vegetation around the barns at Damphewmore Acres when I spied a vigorous “ink berry” plant along...

I’ve mentioned many times that living in the semi-wilds of the Kansas Flint Hills frequently brings me into unusual contact with wild critters. That...

Some weeks at Damphewmore Acres just end up having more doin’s than other weeks. But this week took the prize in “strange doin’s.” A superstitious...

Folks, I’m sure you’re familiar with the term AirBnB (Air Bed and Breakfast). It’s when a homeowner lets a stranger or strangers rent all...