It’s more than a little astonishing to look at a fresh new calendar in a fresh new year and realize...
The rural mailboxes that marked the turning point to farmhouse laneways dotting the Kansas countryside were landmarks to those wandering...
Previously, novelist Gráinne Murphy announced her shortlist of three essays and ten short stories for the 2023 Best in Rural...
William Shakespeare managed to pack an awful lot of drama into his graveyard scene in Hamlet. In fewer than three...
The July afternoon suspends thick, golden haze drifting from the wildfires out west. I heft a 50-pound bag of cattle...
THE PARLOR is a new series on The Milk House that embraces the lighter side of rural life. You can...
In 1916, when my great grandfather died at the age of eighty-two in Gallatin, Missouri, he left each of his...
The inaugural Best in Rural Writing Contest has now come to an end. The Milk House is grateful to the...
After an incredible response from writers that resulted in a large collection of talented work, judge Gráinne Murphy took on...
Ninety feet beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, in the inky dark of night, hovering just above a reef...
His hands, held close to his chest, are formed into fists, in which he clutches lumps of grass, as if...
With the coming of spring, Omanson was finally in the mood for a little society and joined an encampment of...