June 22, 2017 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment A Special Labor Day Message… Hard work—it’s one of our basic American values, the price we pay to get ahead, to capture the American Dream of a better life. But do our young people really have a … Continue Reading about Beware of Bumptious Fritterers! → […]
September 25, 2014 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment With elections coming, there is a lot of talk about the women’s vote and how to secure it. One party claims that the other party is waging a war on women and that women had better vote with them or … Continue Reading about Suffering from […]
June 22, 2017 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment A Special Labor Day Message… Hard work—it’s one of our basic American values, the price we pay to get ahead, to capture the American Dream of a better life. But do our young people really have a … Continue Reading about Beware of Bumptious Fritterers! → […]
September 18, 2014 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment “Battling the Armyworm for 100 Years” Last Saturday we were sitting around a fire pit in a friend’s yard, roasting marshmallows for s’mores, when the subject of lawns came up. Our friend said he … Continue Reading about Battling the Armyworm for 100 Years → Filed […]
This summer I co-taught a class on Civil Discourse and it was definitely a learning experience! After the class was over, I felt like I was spinning around in a maelstrom of research data and passionate feelings, plagued by a grave concern about the level of dissension in our country today, and wondering what to […]
June 22, 2017 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment A Special Labor Day Message… Hard work—it’s one of our basic American values, the price we pay to get ahead, to capture the American Dream of a better life. But do our young people really have a … Continue Reading about Beware of Bumptious Fritterers! → […]
September 18, 2014 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment “Battling the Armyworm for 100 Years” Last Saturday we were sitting around a fire pit in a friend’s yard, roasting marshmallows for s’mores, when the subject of lawns came up. Our friend said he … Continue Reading about Battling the Armyworm for 100 Years → Filed […]
September 11, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment We can all remember exactly what we were doing when we heard—and saw—the horrendous events that occurred 16+ years ago today. Those events are burned into our collective psyche as we reflect back on … Continue Reading about Reflections on 9/11: Timeless, Inevitable Questions about War […]
Meet Granny Rhoda, who could be the “poster child” for the self-reliant frontier woman. She was beautiful, accomplished, fearless, neat, sweet-tempered, and had faith in God. An inspiration to us … Continue Reading about Granny Rhoda: She Can Bring Home the Bacon and Fry It Up in a Pan → Boys’ Page for October: “When […]
October 2, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment Most of us are familiar with the term “grandfathered in” that indicates an exemption from some new rule or law that has been enacted. Merriam-Webster defines the grandfather clause: “Law: a part of a … Continue Reading about Who’s your gran-daddy? The Origin of the Grandfather […]
September 18, 2014 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment “Battling the Armyworm for 100 Years” Last Saturday we were sitting around a fire pit in a friend’s yard, roasting marshmallows for s’mores, when the subject of lawns came up. Our friend said he … Continue Reading about Battling the Armyworm for 100 Years → Filed […]
September 17, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment What do you think of when someone says they are going to talk about the “culture” of a country? Do you think of art, classical music, ballet, and literature? Or do you think about food, hip-hop … Continue Reading about What do you mean, Culture? → […]
October 1, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment This article was written in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. News dispatches were describing battles taking place in Europe and there must have been some confusion about the names of these … Continue Reading about Battles That Have Two Names: It’s a Matter […]
October 1, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment This article was written in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. News dispatches were describing battles taking place in Europe and there must have been some confusion about the names of these … Continue Reading about Battles That Have Two Names: It’s a Matter […]