Yield the Right-of-WayWe yield the right-of-way in our vehicles all the time. And if we don’t, we may have to call 911 and hire a tow truck. I sometimes approach a four-way...

A Bear In A TreeFifty years ago, had you said to a friend “I’m going to ask my phone what the temperature is,” he would have smiled, laughed and said, “You’re nuts, sonny...

Friday the 10th, I took a vacation day to keep Bexlee. We went to Mom’s house and met up with sisters, Lynetta and Linda. Met brother-in-law Don Coble at Twin Dragons and...

Birthdays: April 25th-Brantley Swaggerty 14, Lillian Payne 15, Kelsey Torres 16, Rennie East 33, Melinda Jones 45, Vicki Bell 76 and Laura Ellis 81; 26th-Susan Hawks 64;...

Our one room schoolhouse teacher passed down the advice to share photos with family and friends. Her reasoning was given to her from her own mother who had lost her home in...

Far-out Prayer for a Wife As a young girl, I remember the congregation of my childhood church gathering around the altar to pray for the healing of a newborn baby girl. She...

Well Easter Sunday turned out to be a beautiful Spring day, a little chilly but sunny. That was good, since there was over 50 of us family members that showed up at my...

On Friday I stopped to visit with Bill, got home and Paisley and Cutler spent the night and yes, we had pancakes for supper. Jacob and Abby enjoyed supper out for their...

It’s been a few weeks since I was able to submit a column. My computer’s motherboard needed to be replaced, so it had to go back to the factory. It was only a few months...

Every Tub Remember children, your parents are not your very own “cherished and convenient necessity.” By age 30, if not somewhat long before, you should have developed...

You know you have hit a certain age when a recliner, glasses of wine and a heating pad are life savers.Some of the wisest words I ever heard came from a man high school...

Birthdays: April 18th-Kelly O’Connor, Beckett Allison 4, Easton Burcham 9, Hayes Boman 10, Diana Staudt 43, Leah Riley 43, Melissa Green 47, Adam...

My teaching organization which my mother, aunt, sister, a couple neices, and cousins were or are members of, have hosted Capitol Days in April where educators across the...

Up a CreekI have many fond memories of canoeing in Southwest Missouri during the first six years of our marriage. Jimmy and I would spend time alone or with friends/family...

APRIL BRINGS: April showers and they are welcomed. Happy Easter, our wonderful Tax Day and Administrative Day for those working people. Tell them thank you. Happy birthday...