Huge Heaps“What do you think it said?” I mistakenly asked, using a wrong pronoun to refer yours truly to my wife. She laughed loudly. “It?” she asked. “What exactly is...

I must say that the rain we have received is such a blessing. I am praying for those who had tornado damage or flood damage. No matter how we prepare, weather does not...

Birthdays: April 12th-Rachel Witt, Wanda Willis, Aidan White 2, Maelie McNeil 10, Holland Williams 10, Kyle Keithly 38, Dee Glenn 62, Cheryl O’Connor 63, Brenda Evans 64,...

I am loving this weather. There are buds on my lilac bushes, and I cannot wait to bury my face into the full and fragrant blooms and inhale: a precious memory from my...

Thankful for the rain. Don’t need storms.Back in the days in PE classes playing dodge ball, you found out who really didn’t like you.Life is getting up one more time than...

Defining True Ozarkian EnglishS’cood: It’s good.‘Yant: Do you want?‘Yanta: Do you want to?Summers (1945): Somewhere.Piller: Pillow. Pillow is too fancy. So I continued with...

Hello Spring, and goodbye Winter! Although we had a fairly mild winter, it’s always refreshing to hear the birds singing, frogs croaking, and to see green grass in the...

Sometimes I have an idea about what this column will be about, and sometimes I don’t. This was one of those don’t days. But then we were blessed with a much needed rain –...

Last night someone broke into my house and stole two dozen eggs. Left a sauce pan filled with water. Police believe it was poachers.It is true that exercise helps with...

April brings April showers, Easter, tax time, Administrative Day. Happy birthday to nephew-in-law Christian Kays, niece-in-law Jennifer Vandegrift, grandson Cutler Jones,...

Birthdays: Matt Walters, Jeremy Burnette, Ryker Boyd 5, Jacob Poirot 7, Landry McDowell 8, Cole Payne 12, granddaughter-Lucy Hawkins 13, Kelsey Daniel 19, Nikolas Gossett...

There are so many things I want to say and share, but that would take an entire page or more in this publication. Issues the public needs to be aware of and watch for in...

March Madness is upon us. And I don’t think it’s all just about a round orange ball. Mother Nature seems angry also. I was raised in northwest Kansas, and the winds we have...

IsmsOf all the “isms” upon earth realism is best.Since Hiroshima-Nagasaki-1945, it seems “Katy bar the door” is no longer effective.Men move mountains. God moves universes....

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eye witness. ~ Mark Twain.In a marriage understanding when your wife says WHAT is not because she didn’t hear you. She is...