Friday, January 2, 2026

Blogs

My Auction Addiction

My name is Lee Pitts and I'm addicted to auctions. I'm an auction junkie and if I'm not working an auction I'm watching one...

Goessel Showcases Antique Farming Methods

Richard Shank Columnist As the sun rose over Goessel on Friday, August 1, it was time to launch the 53rd annual Threshing Days Celebration.  Trucks hauling antique...

Lovina Offers a Peak into One of her Typical Days with a One-Day Dairy

Lovina’s Amish Kitchen Lovina Eitcher, Old Order Amish Cook, Wife & Mother of Eight 4:30 a.m. The alarm rings, time to get up.  My husband Joe gets ready for...

Just a Little Light: Then I Remembered E. P. McKee

Dawn Phelps Columnist It was a hot, muggy day in Columbia, Tennessee, the town of my birth.  Just rolling down a car window let in a...

Lettuce Eat Local: A IS for Apple

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local There are a lot of things you find yourself saying to your children that you never anticipated. Words that we can...

Taco Salad Casserole

Grandma Betty's Taco Salad Casserole was always a hit when the grand kids came to visit. In typical rural style this easy peasy recipe...

Wimpy and the Woodchuck

As a kid growing up in the farm country of central Ohio, my summer income came from the same source as all other farm...

Popcorn People

After the sale concluded, two middle-aged ranchers were chewing the fat in the livestock auction cafe. They knew each other, but hadn't had the...