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By Matt Reese My wife will tell you that I have long been a fan of cheap dates that involve taking her with me when I do farm story interviews that she would find interesting. In my mind, it’s a win-win. I get work done, save money and spend time with my wonderful wife. Thus, it […]
We are enjoying beautiful fall weather. Many, many leaves have fallen from our trees this past week, creating such wonderful autumn scenes everywhere. Along with it we have been blessed with some nice, warm sunny weather. Along with the scenery also comes some work in raking up the leaves. The younger children have been having […]
By Matt Reese “In a desolate house on a corner, lived three wealthy men all alone. For years they had lived there together in the secluded spot they called home. No mother or sisters had they. Their father had long been dead. For years they had labored together, cheerfully winning their coppers and bread. Faithfully they clung to each […]
It is early on Saturday morning as I write this and everyone else is still in bed. I decided to get up early today to write this column. A 79-year-old member of our church district passed away yesterday morning. He had been a widower for the past 23 years. While he didn’t have any children, he […]
By MATTHEW REESE We celebrated our son’s second birthday the other day, and I went out to the garage freezer to get some ice cream. I found gooshy boxes of ice cream, partially thawed meats and one huge mess of the resulting horrifying liquid rapidly fanning out across the concrete floor. Who was to blame? I […]
By Slim Randles “Good morning, boys!” said Delbert McLain, glad-handing the regular members of the world-dilemma think tank at the Mule Barn truck stop’s philosophy counter. “I need your advice.” Well, when the director (make that “sole employee”) of our local Chamber of Commerce needs advice from the best minds in the county, he’d naturally […]