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Down on the Farm: Starting a fire

Last week, as the big "L" on the weather map from last week's record low pressure system hovered over the house, I decided it was time to fire up the...

Fri, Nov 05, 2010 - 5:58pm

Down on the Farm: View garbage

Do lawn signs help win elections? I sure hope not, but I fear they must, otherwise politicians wouldn't waste money littering area roadsides with them. A few years back, I...

Fri, Oct 29, 2010 - 5:10pm

Down on the Farm: 20 minute rule

Two events signal the onset of winter in the northland: the end of the baseball season and the turning back of the clocks. For Twins fans, the end of summer...

Fri, Oct 15, 2010 - 5:47pm

Down on the Farm: Diet and exercise

The way to avoid all of these wretched diseases headed our way as we age is to watch your diet and get a little exercise. Want to avoid diabetes? Watch...

Fri, Oct 08, 2010 - 5:16pm

Down on the Farm: The Black Hills

The Black Hills of South Dakota usually get a glance or two as I pass them through on my way to Arizona. It is fun to check to see how...

Fri, Oct 01, 2010 - 5:19pm

Down on the Farm: Chores

The human soul craves tasks close to the earth, jobs like splitting wood and canning vegetables, chores which, if one imagines living in a different time, would directly contribute to...

Fri, Sep 24, 2010 - 6:25pm

Down on the Farm: Summer spectacles

It was a warm and wonderful summer that ended last week with the Labor Day holiday. I usually avoid summertime extravaganzas big enough to require one to park on grass...

Fri, Sep 17, 2010 - 4:59pm

Down on the Farm: Squirrel at the ballgame

At about noon one day last week, I decided on a whim to head down to see the Twins play the Tigers at Target Field. It was pretty much a...

Fri, Sep 10, 2010 - 6:03pm

Down on the Farm: Writing letters

The heat of last week seemed like a good reason to stay inside and sort through junk. Amongst the piles of stuff, most of which ended up in the dumpster,...

Fri, Sep 03, 2010 - 7:12pm

Down on the Farm: Magic of AC

Willis Haviland Carrier invented modern air conditioning in 1902. Although Mr. Carrier probably doesn't deserve a national holiday, an occasional moment of silence in his honor wouldn't hurt, especially after...

Fri, Aug 27, 2010 - 8:16pm

Down on the Farm: New cars? Keep 'em

Last week, almost one year to the day after I purchased my latest vehicle, the odometer turned over to 30,000 miles. Well, it is a green display light that changed...

Fri, Aug 20, 2010 - 8:12pm

Down on the Farm: The texting drug

As more people discover how to send text messages on their ever-present cell phones, we have become a nation of hypnotized zombies who stare into our phones while we drive...

Fri, Aug 13, 2010 - 7:02pm

Down on the Farm: Finding old bones

Last month big machines rolled in to rip up the seven miles of the road that goes past the farm. After years of rumors, surveyor sticks, ribbons tied to doomed...

Fri, Aug 06, 2010 - 6:34pm

Down on the Farm: Southern forests

Midwesterners who assume that the East Coast is nothing but urban sprawl are often surprised by the endless dense forests which cover the most of the eastern seaboard from Maine...

Fri, Jul 30, 2010 - 7:03pm

Down on the Farm: A short-lived equality

We northerners can be a bit smug about our record on racial equality. After all, we fought to free the slaves, did we not? The historic record is more murky,...

Fri, Jul 23, 2010 - 5:53pm

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