The last thing I expected to see was a horned toad but then I’ve come to accept these gifts without fanfare or overblown rumination on the mysteries of life. The temperature was in the low thirties and a cold breeze slicing from the north but the bluff faced the south and the … More View from the edge of now

      When our extension agent heard my plan, a wince of discomfort crossed his face.       “You know they’re beneficial,” he said.       Oh, I knew. Believe me, I knew about ladybugs and how they control aphids and other undesirable pests. I also knew that ladybugs as we know … More In a time of war