Last week, the Coal Miner’s daughter went home to meet her daddy, her last road trip. Loretta Lynn, the Queen of Country Music, died at age 90, and the news brought me to tears. Losing two queens in four weeks has made me think about my attachments, my loyalties, and who I respect. Why do ...

Editor’s note: This series will connect topics between Christianity and hunting. The series will run throughout the archery and rifle deer seasons. Let the journey of archery season begin. Thousands of hunters across Pennsylvania in the last week have entered into their treestands trying ...

By REBECCA NORTON RYAN In the next few weeks we will put our roses to bed for the winter season. I try to have roses winter ready by Nov. 1. I am definitely a fair weather gardener. Roses start to go dormant after the first hard frost. All subsequent frosts will also tell your roses that ...

BI got slapped by an elephant. It wasn’t fun. It hurt. Why would an elephant do that? Because I asked good engineering questions on a subject that no one wants to talk about. The scene was an open house at the Passive House in Kane last summer. I listened to a presentation on the ...

Yes, the cold weather brings thoughts of homemade soup. Last week I found a ham bone in the freezer so I took it out and made soup. Usually when I have a ham bone, I make yellow split pea soup. I remember eating it at Aunt Emmy’s house when we visited. Using yellow peas is a Swedish ...

When I first read about the impossibly generous trip opportunity, I couldn’t believe my eyes. An out-of-the-blue, life changing possibility. The challenge was selling the idea to my husband. It was mid-March in Boston where Tom was finishing graduate school. I worked for American Airlines ...