There is certainly nothing humorous about the coronavirus pandemic. We mourn the loss of life and livliehoods. We miss our families, our sports, our jobs, and the carefree days of just eight weeks ago. But life has gone on, albeit inside our homes, and the requisite problems of home life ...

Last week I mentioned canning with honey. We were beekeepers for years. One night after we returned from a family wedding my husband found a swarm of bees out in the pasture. He came home and told us about it. He and his father figured that we needed to capture it. Grandma and I worked on ...

The bird fights to emerge from the egg. It is his world. He who would be born must destroy a world. —Hermann Hesse Who can guess whether the brooding bird is surprised by the first sensation of soft, wriggling life beneath her? It’s known that the young can begin peeping when ...

I’m a crossword puzzle fanatic, loving the challenge of completing the trifecta of The Post-Journal’s Jumble, Cryptoquip, and daily crossword puzzle, hoping I can get every circle, code, and box filled in before filing the page in our paper recycle bin. One crossword puzzle clue often used ...

Our lakes are hungry for help. We are all aware of the excessive algae and plant growth we have been struggling with in our lakes. There are many factors that can promote and contribute to algal blooms and excessive plant growth. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can occur in fresh, salt, or ...

Recently, many politicians were in such a hurry to ban plastic bags. California and Hawaii banned them, then New York. Then Oregon, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont passed laws against them. More than 400 cities did, too. Why? Because plastic bags are evil, didn’t you know? “Look at ...