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It’s been a long time since I read the story of Chicken Little. It was among the stack of Little Golden Books that we read to our children m…

John Humphrey Noyes had little interest in God or the Bible. Following in the footsteps of his father, he enrolled at Dartmouth College. But…

Fall is the time of the harvest. We put pumpkins, hay bales and dried ears of corn on our porches to honor the bounty of the year. We visit …

One of my favorite proverbs has to do with being able to see bad things coming and then having the good sense to get out of the way. It’s li…

The Battle of Waterloo was just the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte’s problems. Later in the year 1815, he was sent in exile to St. Helena, …

Today I want to talk about the universal carbohydrate: potatoes. Why potatoes? Because, quite frankl…

Would you like to see what 150-plus avid (some might say “rabid”) gardeners do for fun as the season winds down? They gather together and pl…

Those of us who took English literature classes in high school or college probably remember the concept of symbolism. Or at least our teache…

Just when we thought last month’s frost had put the freeze on mosquito numbers, we’ve had to rethink our fall prognosis.

“Hi! We’re Bob and Ellen Yeller, and this is Joe and Patty Screamer. We love camping! We’re here almost every weekend! This is our spot!