Charlie, 4, and Sawyer, almost 2 and large for his age, came in from playing outside. As they walked in the door Charlie was holding his head and crying. His mother asked, “What happened?” He replied, “I got hit with a rock.” His mother said, “Sawyer, did you hit him in the head with a rock?” Sawyer yelled, “I had to! We were playing David and Goliath!” (Charlie is fine.) — Amanda Tonagel (mother of Charlie and Sawyer) of Syracuse Amy...

This is a diary of a recent Saturday in this household.7 a.m. We wake up the children and I start breakfast while Joe goes to the basement to refuel the stove with coal. We are having a treat for breakfast: pon hoss. A friend gave us the bones from a hog they butchered. I cooked the meat off the bones and that evening Joe and I made four gallons of pon hoss. I start slicing and frying the pon hoss. Elizabeth and Susan peel potatoes which are still from our garden last summer. We are down to the...