By Matt Reese It really is not a secret that Americans (and Ohioans) are overweight. Any trip to the mall, visit to a restaurant or trip to the movies shows that, in general, there are ample expanding waistlines around us. While there are many factors that have taken the blame for this, there have also been […]
Many parts of Ohio are dry and the corn crop is showing it. You can tell corn is experiencing moisture stress when its leaves are rolled up. “Leaf rolling is indeed a response of the corn plant to insufficient plant moisture,” said Bob Nielsen, Purdue University Extension corn specialist. “As plant moisture content declines, the […]
By Matt Reese It was three days until Christmas. And, though I had no gift for her yet, my wife had dropped less-than-subtle hints that she wanted a new pair of boots for Christmas. I have always steered clear of clothing purchases for several reasons. First, I never have any idea what my wife likes. In […]
By Matt Reese “In a desolate house on a corner, lived three wealthy men all alone. For years they had lived there together in the secluded spot they called home. No mother or sisters had they. Their father had long been dead. For years they had labored together, cheerfully winning their coppers and bread. Faithfully they clung to each […]
By MATTHEW REESE We celebrated our son’s second birthday the other day, and I went out to the garage freezer to get some ice cream. I found gooshy boxes of ice cream, partially thawed meats and one huge mess of the resulting horrifying liquid rapidly fanning out across the concrete floor. Who was to blame? I […]
We celebrated our son’s second birthday the other day and I went out to the garage freezer to get some ice cream. I found gooshy boxes of ice cream, partially thawed meats and one huge mess of the resulting horrifying liquid rapidly fanning out across the concrete floor. Who was to blame? I had, as far […]
I am guessing that it is quite a sight for anyone driving by to see me with a camera, my two children fidgeting around in front of me and my wife making funny faces at them behind me in an attempt to get them to smile at the edge of a rural wheat field. But, […]
Dawn Combs wanted a quaint farmstead in the middle of 100 acres of herb gardens, grazing livestock and buzzing bees. Carson Combs wanted to rehab an old home in Italian Village in the heart of Columbus. Their marital compromise landed them just outside of Marysville on a 3.5-acre farm with a population density somewhere in the middle […]