Did you eat yams for Thanksgiving? Did they give you gas? Are you now expecting a fart joke in this week’s article? Do I now have a captive audience? Before the ink could dry on the article I wrote last week, I covered most of the windows in my house Read more…
Do you think you could live a life similar to the life your grandparents, great grandparents, or great-great grandparents lived? Imagine doing some of the same things they did in the 1800’s or early 1900’s. Have I gone crazy? That is a rhetorical question. Did you have any trouble buying Read more…
Is it good to keep old things around? How about old people? Can old and well-worn items still be useful? Before the hate mail starts, let me state that I am referring to myself as the “old people.” In this weekly column several years ago, I wrote about the frustration Read more…
My dad loved driving tractors and other machinery, especially those used for the mechanical harvest of crops. Being born in 1926, he grew up during a time when many farms transitioned from manual labor of men and horses to machines. In his youth it was not uncommon for the crops Read more…