High school football: “In high school, the coach kept me on the bench all year. On the last game of the season, the crowd was yelling, ‘We want Youngman! We want Youngman!’ The coach says, ‘Youngman – go see what they want!’ ” – Henny Youngman, American comedian...
Teaching: “Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” – Helen Caldicott, Australian physician and author Twenty-four sets of eyes were watching as I introduced...
Mowing: “I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn.” – Lettie Cowman, American author As mowing seasons go, it’s been crazy busy. At the Lyman County home place, weeds threaten to encircle, overwhelm and otherwise smother all living...
Summer reading: “There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs.” – Henry Ward Beecher, American social reformer The green, hard cover...
A job: “If you have a job without any aggravations, you don’t have a job.” – Malcom Forbes My wife likes to make sun tea. Last week, she set out the glass container and five minutes later it was ready. It’s been that kind of summer – when it wasn’t raining. I...
