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.

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!