Overheard

Body Winter and subzero temperatures were no reason to stop having picnics when I was growing up in Iron River, Michigan in the 1940s and 50s.

USDA designates 92 Texas counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Body This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.

Peasant bread

Body recognition of late. It’s simple, quick, and inexpensive to make. And it contains very few ingredients. So why not? It deserves the recent surge in popularity. I would typically make the bread in a loaf pan, but I admired the idea I saw for baking it in glass bowls.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCH Eggs-actly which, brains or bacon? Eggs. I’ve got four brown ones from the real chickens of a chicken lady. Originally there were six. I’ve eaten two. At today’s egg prices, nothing beats friendship with a chicken lady.

DUALING PIANOS

Body The Silverton Downtown Association hosted a fundraiser Saturday night with a dinner and entertainment featuring the Dualing Pianos. | COURTESY PHOTO