Anyone who knows me or reads this column on a regular basis knows that I am a travel fiend who jumps at the chance to hop on a plane and get away for some fun. Somebody asked me a few years ago how I developed such a love of travel, and I really don’t have the answer. I’ve always loved ...
Could sorghum be the next big thing on your dinner table or restaurant menu? Farmers who grow sorghum are starting to push for that amid a changing global landscape and tariff war. China has traditionally been the biggest sorghum buyer but canceled big loads of it this year ahead of a ...
It’s June, and though we haven’t officially entered summer yet, the temperatures are finally warming up enough to want to break out shorts, tank tops and flip flops. I remember my mom doing the annual wardrobe switch-out when I was a kid by packing away our family’s winter clothes into ...
The unofficial start to summer is upon us once again as Memorial Day weekend approaches, but it won’t feel like it with a cool snap in place. We use Mother’s Day as a rule of thumb for safe planting of flowers and gardens with no more worry of frost or freeze. I put my hanging baskets of ...
OK, maybe I am exaggerating a little bit – I’ve been known to do that at times. You know the old saying, “You just can’t find good help anymore.” Well, I know I am not alone in thinking that is the case across the board these days. I sound like my grandparents or my parents, and I ...
If you read my travel blog from the first half of our recent trip to Spain, you may remember we began in Barcelona, took a day trip to Montserrat Monastery an hour northwest, then headed south by train to Valencia. Now, we’re off to the Balearic Islands off Spain’s east coast to visit ...
