Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal

American Farmers

  • The Cost of Loss and Leaving

    There is a peculiar, empty feeling one gets watching a farm close. The loss of a family tradition, a way of life, and, too often today, a community’s resource for economic survival. Continue reading

  • The American Cyrus and the Week that Was

    This week began on Monday with the release of Israeli hostages. Joy marred by loss, sorrow, the memories of those who were killed on 7 October, the Israeli soldiers wounded and killed in Gaza, the hostages returned earlier, and those… Continue reading