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Well, this time, I just forgot! You would think that, after all this time, that could not happen. But a column was not the only thing I forgot last week. One of my neighbors has a …
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Pat Meierhenry
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10/6/22
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When I run out of things to read, I go to my book shelves and start over.
When I purged those a few years ago, I did get rid of most of the Erma Bombeck. After all, they were …
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Pat Meierhenry
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9/30/22
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National 4-H Week is held every year during the first full week of October.
This year Oct. 2-8, 2022 is National 4-H Week. 4-H is part of each Land Grant University System across our …
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9/29/22
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We set a new record for temperature today, and there is a good chance we will do it again tomorrow. THEN, it's supposed to cool off; just in time for the first day of FALL! I have jeans and …
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9/22/22
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I remember the first time I heard an officiant at a funeral refer to a funny side of the deceased. Some of his relatives were shocked! They just did not believe that a funeral was a time for levity. …
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Pat Meierhenry
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9/19/22
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Most of us have done some type of a community service project. Maybe picking up trash along a roadway, donating resources for a food drive, or visiting residents at a nursing home.
This …
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Jennifer Hansen
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9/16/22
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As county-based Extension Educators, this time the year we get in-person visits and telephone calls from producers with concerns related to their row crops, pasture, and backyard garden …
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Mitiku Mamo
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9/8/22
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In Lincoln, we have many choices for a place to worship. We did visit a few after we moved here.
But, in the end, we were most comfortable at Faith, mostly because my Mom had been a member …
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9/8/22
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I just took a peach cobbler out of the oven, and it does smell good! I still have a few peaches to put in the freezer, too, but they might wait until tomorrow.
Every year, I get a box of …
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9/2/22
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Encounters with coyotes not uncommon
It was 74 degrees when I got up the last two mornings. Heavenly! I know what the forecast says for the rest of the week, though, so am …
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8/18/22
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This 70 degree weather is heavenly!! When I got out of my car on Saturday and walked into the hot south wind, I realized what the weatherman was talking about!! It was awful!!
Because the …
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8/2/22
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The summer is passing quickly. It started off kind of slow and cool, but once it got going, there was no stopping it, and boy has it been toasty.
The staff at the Haskell Ag Lab near …
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7/24/22
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7-21 farmer's wife
clara...
Reminiscing while reading old columns
I think it's hot here; then, I read in today's Omaha paper, it's going to be 104 in the UK, …
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7/22/22
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I had an interesting guest for coffee last week (I typically offer cookies, too, but the cookie jar is empty.. it's been too hot to bake.) Anyway, she is a sweet, young thing who was a delight …
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7/19/22
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I just checked the calendar and found it's the birthday of one of my sons in law! My problem is, I can't believe it's the end of June and will soon be the Fourth of July! Of course, I've …
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7/5/22
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I love stories like this!! And you all know how much I love “God's country, York county!”
For about ten years now, a few Waco High grads have been getting together for …
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Pat Meierhenry
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6/28/22
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As we “elders” know well, life happens when making other plans.
Last summer, when friend, Marlyce, was here from Orlando to see her brother, I spent Sunday with them. Her brother …
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Pat Meierhenry
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6/20/22
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I mentioned last week that my peers and I aren't going to be able to tell the difference between long COVID and aging symptoms!! I've been thinking about that, and I have to admit I've had to …
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6/14/22
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It's been a good, long weekend for me, and I just have some musings to share this morning.
I spent half an hour in the cemetery south of Waco at St. John's, the church my parents …
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6/7/22
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I know you are going to think all I do is read, and some days, you would be right.
But at the risk of sounding repetitive, I do have to tell you about the book I read this week. It's …
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5/31/22
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After all the wind and thunder and tornado activity last Thursday eve, the weather really settled down and we've had some wonderful days of less humidity, lower temps, and milder breezes instead of …
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5/24/22
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I will be SO GLAD when the primary election is over! One day last week, I had SIX flyers for the same candidate, each from a different source. And someone said it costs $60,000 for each …
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5/17/22
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We've had a gentle rain off and on all day, a very welcome one. Much better than all the tornado warnings and wind of last Friday! Every time I read of another tornado, as they had in a …
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5/10/22
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The wind was just breezy today, thank goodness!! Those gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour made it difficult to even shut the car doors! It was getting old, and the fires were almost a …
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5/3/22
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It's Tuesday morning, and overcast and cold. There doesn't seem to be much wind, though, for the first time in weeks. Folks attending Easter sunrise services were told to bring blankets! (They were …
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4/26/22
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