Friday, December 5, 2025

Blogs

Green Thieves

Normally I'm a pretty peaceful guy but you want to know what really makes me mad? It's these fake- meat veg-heads who are stealing our terms like steak and...

Creative Cowboy Cussin’ (Best Of)

After attending a saloon session at a cow buyer's convention my wife made the astute observation that cattle persons have the disgusting habit of...

Little And Lovable

I've been surrounded by a variety of animals my entire life including our turtle who we called Rock because he moved about as fast...

Involuntary church donation

Churches in rural communities almost always find themselves in need of money to sustain themselves. Voluntary donations from passing the plate during services too...

Oriental Cabbage Salad

I haven't had turkey dinner yet, and I'm writing about using up the leftovers! The cabbage salad has been one of my favorites for...

JFK REMEMBERED 62 YEARS AFTER ASSASINATION

Richard Shank Columnist   ABC News is to be commended for a special broadcast aired November 24, two days following the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of...

JUST A LITTLE LIGHTA Train Story—Right Under My Nose

By Dawn Phelps   I have lived in Miltonvale or nearby for many years—my first husband and I moved here in 1971.  A few years ago,...

Lovina Shares her Mother’s Column from 31 Years Ago

For this column I'm going to share some excerpts from my mother Elizabeth Coblentz’s columns from November 1994. Joe and I lived in a...

Just a Little Light: H. Ray, Tom, Dick, and Harry’s Daddy

JUST A LITTLE LIGHT   By Dawn Phelps    Ray, Tom, Dick, and Harry’s Daddy   If you have been around Miltonvale for a few years, you may remember...

Bovine Bill of Rights

Just as Thomas Jefferson is remembered as the author of the Declaration of Independence and James Madison as the principal author of the Constitution,...

Pepe’ LePew with Spots

I wonder how many of you realize there are two different skunk species living in Kansas; the Striped Skunk with which we are very...