What is it when a friend shows up for your kid — unannounced, with the very best surprise? Answer: the very best of the pandemic.

It’s a Merry Christmas after all, once my budding engineer found a better gingerbread project.

Sure, we’re probably all a little more well-fed than the average barn cat, but we’re an awful lot alike in other ways.

The tale of a beloved pocketknife, lost, then found — and the siblings who (sometimes) like each other enough to help out.

Forget trade wars and pandemics and regulations and estate taxes. Right now, our inability to listen to each other and bridge divides will be our downfall.

The world lost a beautiful soul this month, and her memory — and legacy — live on in her life and stories.

Marriage is hard. Marriage on the farm is stressful. It’s not like the movies. It takes work, but there are some tried-and-true secrets to a better marriage.

2020 has been rough all around. Bubble wrap might help, at least at our house.

Illinois government says “trust us” on the progressive tax. Mark Twain said, “Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”