What Happens When No One Can Afford Anything?
“That is going to cost you..” Six or seven years ago, we resurfaced an exterior flat roof deck for about... View Article
Category: Farm Journal
Esther Parrish Covington — My Life in Oak Glen, California
Esther Mathilde Parrish Covington, a child of Oak Glen pioneer Enoch Parrish, dictated these life memories on April 17, 1959,... View Article
Love Your Enemy..
..even if they died two hundred years ago In life, among friends and acquaintances, we are trained to take the... View Article
Tyranny, Ancient and Modern
Ancient Tyranny Samuel Adams, widely remembered as the Father of the American Revolution, must have felt a cold chill in... View Article
Gothic Ravages
The View from Philadelphia March 4, 1777 Source Devastation Unknown to Civilized Nations: Feb 25, 1777. New Jersey Governor William... View Article
Taking the Temperature of the Times..
Siring While Cowardly? My summary, yesterday, of Philadelphia’s Dunlap’s Advertiser for February 4, 1777, reaffirmed a few old lessons and... View Article
From Five Americans Stranded in Israel..
October 12, 2023 Update: Patty Lage Kolb and her party were able to secure passage out of Israel. Thanks to... View Article
PragerU “Street Smarts”
October 6&7, 2023 The smart, fun people at PragerU’s “Street Smarts” kids show will be filming here on the farm... View Article
The 2023 Riley’s Farm News Mirror Ad — Vote For One
Print Advertising Every year, the local newspaper, The Yucaipa News Mirror, runs an Oak Glen harvest edition. We’ve had fun... View Article
Parents are Angry, With a Reason
A moral dilemma I have a friend, (we’ll call her “Sandy”), who was recently certified as a public school teacher... View Article