I recently re-discovered the joys of really fresh eggs. I mean fresh as in laid a day and a half ago. One can only assume the chickens that produce these gems are happy birds. They are semi-free range (out, about and unfenced during the day, sheltered at night). They eat all sorts of things chickens [...]
“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the Word or Truth.” (II. Timothy 2:15) I recently completed my continuing education credits for my insurance license. Every two years, I need 24 hours of study credits to keep my license valid. I have also contracted with [...]
Emily’s dilemma was obvious: how do you sell manure? Since she fell in love with Dewey Decker, she could think of nothing less than spending her life with him and embracing the fertilizer business whole hog, so to speak. Emily Stickles has never done anything halfway. In her job with the county, she has kept [...]
Tastes in foods go in cycles. If you look back by decades it might surprise you to realize how appetites for different foods evolve over time. So does their preparation. In the 1950s, the average American family ate three meals per day, on a more-or-less set schedule. Breakfast for many of us consisted of meat [...]
“Come unto Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke and learn from Me, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28) One of my Facebook friends posted that she was ready for “her [...]
A woman who loves to cook collects a lot of recipes over decades of time. She takes family recipes with her when she leaves her childhood home (not counting going away to college) to make a home with her husband or “significant other” as may be the case. Single or married, she makes friends with [...]
I use a lot of Chap Stick during the winter months. My wife thinks I am “addicted” to the stuff because I use it so much. Nearly every time she sees me I am putting Chap Stick on my lips. Such a charge is unfair because the only time I use it is during [...]
The Bahdziewicz clan trooped into the Mule Barn for lunch the other day, happily and noisily as only eight Americans totally in love with spring can do. The patriarch of the clan, Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz, led the way to a large round table and seated his wife, Sally, before pointing to which chairs the kids [...]