Blueberries
Blueberries Dr. Anthony Esolen I’m getting to be an old man, and I regret many things I’ve done or left undone. But I will never regret one hour of picking blueberries in the woods. My father first taught me to pick them. It was for pleasure, not need. But it was for need when he […]
Enough: Seven Suggestions for Thinking About Money & Possessions
Enough Seven Suggestions for Thinking About Money & Possessions Mrs. April Jaure We were poor. We washed sandwich bags and turned them inside out to dry so we could reuse them. We bought all our clothing second-hand, and we only purchased absolute necessities. We saved coins because we could use them at the laundromat. Despite […]
Where You’re Planted
Where You’re Planted Mrs. Gina Loehr My five-year-old son woke up the other day, asking for Daddy. He frequently issues that specific request when he arises from slumber. His father, you see, is associated with tractors. My son goes to bed thinking about the rides he had in the red tractor or in the green […]
The Walnut Tree
The Walnut Tree Mrs. Gina Loehr In the front yard of the farmhouse where my father-in-law, Norman, lived his entire life, there stood a walnut tree. Every fall, the arboreal giant threw down a veritable hailstorm of green orbs that littered the lawn, creating a minefield ready to upend the unwary walker. When I look […]
Hitting the Mark
A Mighty Hunter of Small Game
Ten years after I moved to my husband’s dairy farm, I finally got a horse. This matter had been a point of playful contention between Joe and me for quite a while. His animal of choice has always been . . .
Macaw Feathers, Paper Pulp, and Missed Deadlines: A Brief Reflection on the State of Global Trade
Macaw Feathers, Paper Pulp, & Missed Deadlines A Brief Reflection on the State of Global Trade Contrary to popular belief, the state bird of Arizona is the cactus wren, not the snowbird (that migratory breed of Midwestern retiree that descends on the forty-eighth state every winter). Another interesting tidbit of Arizona avian trivia is that, […]
Picking Stones
Ten years after I moved to my husband’s dairy farm, I finally got a horse. This matter had been a point of playful contention between Joe and me for quite a while. His animal of choice has always been . . .
All Cooped Up
Ten years after I moved to my husband’s dairy farm, I finally got a horse. This matter had been a point of playful contention between Joe and me for quite a while. His animal of choice has always been . . .
On Demand
On Demand Mrs. Gina Loehr A few years before on-demand streaming services trumped TV Guide, in the era before computers, phones, or other “devices” became society’s primary purveyor of entertainment, my oldest daughter was in second grade. She came home from school one afternoon and announced, “My class found out we don’t have a TV.” […]
The Declaration of Independence
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which […]