Memoir
Lake Louise and the Aussies
When we came downstairs for dinner that night, we saw a lovely, little trout pond in the middle of the lobby. A man sat on the rim apparently tickling the undersides of the trout. When he saw us watching him,… Continue reading
NUCLEAR BOMB SCARE
What we won’t do to protect our children. It sounds silly now, but in the 1950’s, the infamous cold war between Russia and the United States had us believing Russia might drop a nuclear bomb. Clayton and I had two… Continue reading
CAFO
Have you heard of CAFO? It stands for Confined-Animal-Feeding-Operation.
Some years ago, our farm neighbor gave us a call. His sow had farrowed and she didn’t have enough teats to feed all her brood. Would we like the… Continue reading
Beth Ripley Lyon
I never remember seeing my mother in the kitchen. I do remember seeing her crawl under a car to change the oil during a course she took after she joined The Red Cross Motor Corps.
The year was 1944.… Continue reading
Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count begins TODAY. Last year, 603 varieties were recorded on more than 97,000 check lists, for a total of 11, 233,000 birds. One million eight hundred thousand American Robins were counted this year, more than any… Continue reading
