Saturday, December 20, 2025

Blogs

Roger’s view from the hills: Under The Oaks

"A PEOPLE WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PAST HISTORY, ORIGIN, AND CULTURE IS LIKE A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS."                  ...

Laugh tracks in the dust: “Finny” things

Whew! We’ve had a yo-yo bout of weather the last 48 hours at Damphewmore Acres. On Friday, my New Mexico fishin’ buddy, ol’ Albie...

The He/She Dilemma

On the front page of our weekly newspaper there was a picture of a very masculine bull that the writer called a "cow". To...

Once upon a time, there was a place…

Does anyone remember that back-to-the-future agreement several years ago, in Topeka, the one about building a small town for the State Historical Society? In...

The Covered Dish: Pork Sausage

Debbie Dance Uhrig Wow, I was enjoying this day so much that I almost forgot to pen my weekly column!!!  Since I haven’t been off...

A Cowboy’s Faith: Tractors Still Ranch Necessity

By Frank J. Buchman “Cowboys aren’t made to be tractor drivers.” That’s personal view, obviously contradicted by many ranchers baling hay this week. A good number are...

Wood Bee Bustin’

At my brothers cabin deep in the southern Ohio woods, carpenter bees, known there as wood bees are a big problem. They look for...

Kansas Profile — Now That’s Rural: Millie Horlacher, Seasons of Salt

Colby woman shares devotional thoughts in book.   By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University Let’s go...