Monday, February 6, 2012

Sunday, February 5th, 2012: "Mouse House"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/mouse-house.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=verlyn%20klinkenborg&st=cse

Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm is infested with mice, "working to return this house to nature." There are mice in his car. There are mice in his boots. There are probably mice swarming over Verlyn Klinkenborg's writhing body as you read this. Please send help.

January 11th: "Burning Time"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/burning-time.html?scp=5&sq=verlyn%20klinkenborg&st=cse

Verlyn Klinkenborg likes to make a fire in his woodstove even when it isn't that cold out.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Friday, 9/9/11: "Setting Sail to the Barn"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/opinion/setting-sail-to-the-barn.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg is fantasizing about buying a sailboat, but he probably wouldn't get one for real.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Thursday, 10/20/11: "Hastening Slowly Through Fall"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/opinion/hastening-slowly-through-fall.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Verlyn Klinkenborg has caterpillars in his mudroom. The sky overhead, as of press time, is "bright." He wonders if turkeys are watching him.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Saturday, 7/30/11: "Mending Fences"

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE3DE123EF933A05754C0A9679D8B63&ref=verlynklinkenborg

The grass grew in Verlyn Klinkenborg's pastures. "Living here is a mysterious affair."

Saturday, 8/20/11: "Innocent Parties"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/opinion/innocent-parties.html?_r=1

A weasel killed all of Verlyn Klinkenborg's chickens, causing Verlyn Klinkenborg to question the entire point of raising chickens to begin with. Just for a second. Then he gets some more chickens.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Saturday, 7/2/11: "One Fine Day"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/opinion/02sat4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

It sure was a beautiful day the other day on Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm! Everything was "antipodal" and "indomitable" and "sharing a vital insentience" and...I guess you had to be there.