Children and the Holy Spirit don't always mix — if they haven't been introduced.

Having five children in three schools can make country life a paved existence.

Both love and plants can have a hard time surviving an untended winter.

Summer goals and summer results don't necessarily match up with kids in tow.

If the seashore seems too "staged," head for a mountain lake, and the woman with a cigar.

The features of man who is no longer in your life can still make their presence felt.

Want a horse badly enough and uncanny Italy may well reward your dreaming.

The parenthood question is too often painful minefield that divides women.

Farms need forecasts, but thinking about the future of weather runs considerably deeper.

When you start fighting kid tempers with your own, it's time to call a time out.

Farm life can bring on the blues, but better or worse, a sense of community endures.