Graveyards are memory places. Rural graveyards, in particular, with their shades of grey and green. There is a mossy feel...
It was the fourth of July weekend and Doug Edwards and Josh Adkins from Franklin Illinois had set up a...
The July afternoon suspends thick, golden haze drifting from the wildfires out west. I heft a 50-pound bag of cattle...
After running into each other on a Vermont trout river and falling into conversation one evening, Ted and I became...
In 1916, when my great grandfather died at the age of eighty-two in Gallatin, Missouri, he left each of his...
Like just about everyone else in my suburban neighbourhood, I have a dog. Three times a day, I walk this...
My mother bought clothes to make herself feel good. She imagined herself being invited to a dinner party at a house...
“Milking Cows and Throwing Curves” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton....
You never told anyone the whole story about your dad. You let most people think he was little more than...
Mail frauds, April Fools, and ‘Jaws’ in the toilet An excerpt from Jim Trelease’s family memoir, Looking Backward, used by...
From the car’s passenger seat, I watch grain fields pass like a movie reel. I’m fascinated by the ocean of...
Lately the thought of homesteading and dreams has been on my mind. I’m part of an online group of homesteaders...