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, 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, 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, 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.

Sunday, 6/19/11: "A Welcome Silence"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/opinion/20mon4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

Verlyn Klinkenborg likes to wear orange plastic earmuffs. Sometimes Verlyn Klinkenborg forgets to take off his orange plastic earmuffs. Verlyn Klinkenborg might be wearing his orange plastic earmuffs right now!

Sunday, 5/22/11: "Tomorrow to Pastures New"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/opinion/22sun3.html?ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg moved his horses from his pasture to the pasture next door, and he wonders how they feel about that.

Sunday, 4/24/11: "What the Season Returns"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/opinion/24sun3.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

Verlyn Klinkenborg's bees died, but he bought some new bees.

Monday, 4/4/11: "Gains and Losses"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/opinion/04mon4.html?_r=1&ref=verlynklinkenborg

You know all the snow that was on Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm a while ago? Well, it's not there anymore.

Sunday, 3/13/11: "Marvel and Persistence"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13sun3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg can't believe his chore coat is always hanging on the same hook every day. He wishes he himself were so "perdurable."

Saturday, 2/19/11: "The Virtual Attic"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/opinion/19sat2.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg got a new computer and longs for "a stack of 5.25-inch disks and 3.5-inch disks and zip disks and CDs" to remember his old computers by.

Saturday, 2/12/11: "The Mob at the Feeders"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/opinion/13sun4.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg hates, hates, hates starlings. He "look[s] for a reason to admire them...but it's no use." Seriously, fuck starlings.

Sunday, 1/16/11: "A January Pause"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16sun4.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg

Now that it is January, it is very cold, just as Verlyn Klinkenborg predicted.

Sunday, 1/2/11: "Looking Back"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/opinion/02sun4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

During a seasonal visit from the farrier, Verlyn Klinkenborg thinks about 1936.