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It hasn’t been the best few days for Ellsworth County commissioners. About a week ago, Kermit Rush and Steve Dlabal learned they had been exposed to the cornavirus during a regular Monday commission meeting at the courthouse. Into quarantine they went. A third commissioner, Dennis Rolfs, was already at home, after testing positive for the virus following a family birthday party.
Read moreFall is winding down on our farm. Brown grass is hidden beneath piles of colorful leaves that have fallen. Wheat drilled last month has popped up providing a spiky looking cover to fields for the winter. Corn and soybeans have been harvested and shipped off to the elevator. By the time you read this, we may even have had a dusting of snow.
Read moreIn the autumn of 1871, Rose Georgina Kingsley traveled from England to America chronicling her experiences in the book South by West, or Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico, published in 1874.
Read moreThere’s an old cliché that’s become something of an inside joke among people who follow politics a little too closely, me included.
Read moreRose Georgina Kingsley experienced the rare opportunity of travel from England to America in “the Autumn of 1871.”
Read moreIt is OK for Christians to acknowledge when they are feeling depressed, helpless, anxious and afraid.
Read moreDuring the autumn of 1859 the Comanches were raiding ranches in eastern New Mexico.
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