Faith: How Do You Entertain an Angel?

”Make sure the house is clean and a pot of potatoes is in the oven,” says Alex, 6.I’m sure Idaho potato farmers will be glad to know that spuds are finally getting the respect they deserve.

Ag: Berry’s Picks

Happy New YearIn my preparations for this article, I was researching what New Years might mean to farmers and ranchers. As you can imagine, there were a myriad of search responses on the world wide web.

Back in my day

I now understand why my grandparents were resistant to change. When what you’ve always known is taken away, and the familiar is replaced, it tends to cause issues.My grandparents saw many things become common. The telephone, automobiles, airplanes, radio and television.

Faith: Has the Christmas story become cliche?

For many, Christmas centers around the act of decorating, putting up the Christmas tree, shopping, using cookies and milk to keep Santa in line, eating wonderful food, enjoying family, watching a Christmas play or two, and so on and on forth.

Faith: What Do You Like Most About Christmas?

”My two favorite things about Christmas are giving people presents and just flat out celebrating Christmas,” says Hailey, 9. “I like giving people presents because when they open the present, you always see their face light up with lots of joy.

Toni Says

Dear Toni,I am currently on COBRA with dental benefits. I will need dental insurance when I lose my COBRA benefits after enrolling in Medicare at 65 in March. The only dental plans I am finding are in Medicare Advantage HMO/ PPO plans.

Ag: Berry’s Picks

Merry ChristmasAll of us at the Comanche County AgriLife Extension office want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and thank you for your support this past year.

Ag: Fenceline Chatter

Erath Extension Agent Lonnie JenschkeProper Tree Planting for More Fruitful Results Larry Stein, Ph.D.

The Country Writer: What’s cooking?

The transition to digital is understandable in some areas. Watching old movies is easier online. But when it comes to reading, I still prefer a hard copy. A book.Especially when cooking. One of the most heartbreaking things to see is someone selling their mom’s or grandmother’s cookbooks.

Museum Matters

Robert L. May was a copy writer for Montgomery Ward Company in 1939. Montgomery Ward over the years had purchased small booklets that they would give out at Christmas.