The Taffy Pull (A Story And A Recipe) One year when I was growing up on our Wisconsin dairy farm, the Brownie leaders had announced we were going to make some extra-special candy at our next meeting. So — when school let out one winter ...... Similar Editorial : by Kirk Bannerman. | Source : Food Lovers Guide
Holiday Recipe: Filled Cookies From the book: Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm) When I was a kid growing up on our dairy farm in Wisconsin 40 years ago, cookies with a date filling were my dad's favorite ...... Similar Editorial : by Ana Greco. | Source : Food Guide Pyramid
5 Ways To Deal With Lady Bug Infestations Every fall, millions of lady bugs (or what seems like millions) swarm around my house here in west central Wisconsin, looking for a place to spend the winter. Actually, they are not "true" lady bugs....... Similar Editorial : by khalid r mustaffa. | Source : Home Interior Design
An Unexpected Letter It was a couple of weeks after Christmas, and I was standing by my mailbox in the vestibule of the apartment building where I lived in Lexington, Kentucky, holding a letter I had just received. The h...... Similar Editorial : by Leslie Laskin-Reese. | Source : Dealing with Relationships
Whatever Happened To Christmas? Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving?Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well."When I was growing up on our dairy farm forty years ago, the stores didn't put up Christmas displays until the day after Thanksgiving. No one was really thinking about Christmas shopping before that," Ralph said. "In fact, my mother felt so strongly about it that she...... Similar Editorial : by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Christmas Decorations
Country Christmas Idea: Milkweed Pod Poinsettia Ornaments At first glance, milkweed plants and poinsettias don't seem to have much in common. If you live in an area where milkweed grows wild, however, you can use the dried milkweed pods to make poinsettia ornaments for your Christmas tree. Here's how:1. Collect some dried milkweed pods. In the fall, the milkweed plants have already gone to seed but the dried pods will still be attached to the plant. You...... Similar Editorial : by News Canada. | Source : Christmas Decorations
How To Be A Momma Cat How to be a Momma Catby LeAnn R. Ralph? 2004 LeAnn R. Ralph Over the years, I have raised nine orphaned kittens. Four of them were two weeks old when their mother was killed; three others were only hours old when their mother died; two more kittens fell out of the nest in our barn when they were only a day old. Raising motherless kittens is not a difficult process, but it does require patience,...... Similar Editorial : by Carrie Lauth. | Source : Gifts For Mothers
Give Me A Home Where The Dairy Cows Roam From the book: Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam (trade paperback; Sept. 2004) LeAnn R. Ralphhttp://ruralroute2.comChapter 3: Spring CleaningWhen I reached the top of the driveway after getting off the school bus one April afternoon, I couldn't help but wonder why Dad was standing on the stepladder next to the tractor. I had never seen my father use a stepladder to fix a tractor. He didn't...... Similar Editorial : by Van Day. | Source : Business Book Reviews
Give Me A Home Where The Dairy Cows Roam From the book: Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam (trade paperback; Sept. 2004) LeAnn R. Ralphhttp://ruralroute2.com~ 5 ~May-Day!The school bus had long since disappeared over the last hill toward the main road one afternoon when I set my books on the kitchen table and hurried into the living room to talk to my mother.Mom was sitting in her favorite easy chair by the picture window, and her...... Similar Editorial : by Van Day. | Source : Business Book Reviews
Writing Your Life Stories Or what about the time that your little sister. . .?Or how about the time that your mom was making. . .and burned the. . .?You probably have hundreds of these stories tucked away in your memory. Perhaps you've even thought that someday you would like to write about them. There's only one problem. "I don't know where to start — I wouldn't know what to write," you think to yourself.One simple...... Similar Editorial : by Mike Haydon. | Source : Recent Newspaper Articles
