A Country Journal

With John Helms  Still Waiting on Autumn Rain Yesterday I wrote about the garden spot—how the ground’s too dry to work, how the dust hangs o...

A Country Journal with John Helms It’s Autumn Gardening and Weather Update: It is autumn, and though we can plant our fall and winter garden...

  A Country Journal by John Helms Some mornings, as I sip coffee on our front porch and watch the light shift across the pasture, I think ab...

William Faulkner - Copilot Illus.   A Country Journal with John Helms  Most mornings begin with coffee by the pool. That’s where I read, sip...

By John Helms | A Country Journal A local fishing hole--Simpson Lake ...a great place to sit in the shade and fish. It’s August in Mississip...

By John Helms | Florence, Mississippi Morning sun breaking through the darkness with her early brilliance Well, friend, it’s been a while, a...

With all the strife and discord we are seeing worldwide and with much of it now being focused on the United States, I thought it would be a ...