According to my old Webster’s Dictionary, barter means to traffic or trade by direct change of one commodity for another – and this was just a way of life when I was growing up. Money was hard to come by in those days and farmers would trade a day’s work for a day’s work.  This made…

Ah, the trials and tribulations of a farmer – even when he’s “retired.”  John Crumly has yet to experience retirement – true, he did leave the good-paying job he had to come to the farm, but retirement (?)  No way!  In years past John had an aunt who never acknowledged that he retired from Lockheed. …

As I quilted alone last week I had lots of time to let my mind wander and relive some old times.  It was then that I decided what I’d write about in Country Living, but I’m writing only after interviewing a number of older people in the area. For the most part, people above 70…

Should you be a regular reader you are aware that this subject has been covered in this article before and it’s highly possible that you’d rather read the telephone book than this column.  According to the old Webster’s Dictionary, a bedbug is a wingless bloodsucking homopterous insect, sometimes infesting houses and especially beds.  A call…

My how times have changed – even when we talk about cows.  When I grew up on this farm we owned one cow.  In that day and time a cow was a necessity – we depended on the bovine for our milk and butter.  We could even swap the peddler butter for whatever we needed. …