Remember nothing is a waste of time if you learned something.COWBOY WISDOM: It is when the wind speed is a higher number than the temperature that really wears me out.There...

Well, I am going to rant a bit this week. If you’ve been reading my column for a while, you probably read the one about all the thistles in the pastures and on the right of...

On the Anniversary of the Day You Went AwayDecember 17, 2019Today is such a painful day full of sadness and grief for meas I mourn the moment that you leftrecalling how...

Birthdays: December 21st-Winter Begins-Carson Holman 9, Carson Garver 9, Chad Neely 42 and Mariah Campbell 31; 22nd-Don Bishop, Bowden Kreher 9, Jacob Crouch 22, Tim Birch...

Ahhh!  The Christmas Season! Finally, the stores have it right. Holiday ornaments line the shelves, Christmas trees of all sizes and shapes are put together on the sales...

A little boy bouncing a red rubber ball.A little girl blowing kisses to her mother.A teacher writing “okay” on a test paper.A tiny ant building a mountain.Eyes looking...

You will never be as lazy as whoever named the fireplace. The state superintendent of schools in Oklahoma is proposing in Oklahoma that local school superintendents be...

Son in HeavenAlthough you sleep in Heaven nowYou're not that far awayMy heart is full of memoriesAnd you're with me everydayYou lived your life with meaning And with a...

Birthdays: December 14th-Jayd Forst 25, Mary Westfall 31 and Cathy Friend 68; 15th-Addington Roberts 15, Kayden Huchteman 19 and Helen Wood 82; 16th-Kyle Tedford, Kent...

The term "turkey coma" is a colloquial expression often used to describe the drowsy, lethargic feeling that many people experience after indulging in a large Thanksgiving...

Ever had a really long week and then realize it is only Tuesday?Three Christmas parades this Saturday December 7 in Golden City, Lockwood and Greenfield. All at different...

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and got to tell the stories and enjoy the company of those you love. We had a bountiful meal with about as many desserts as there...

Five months after I was discharged from the U.S. Army at Ft. Gordon, Georgia, in April of 1966, my apartment in Kansas, became heaven on earth in that September. It...

The month of December brings us much happiness and some sorrow. Happy birthday to my favorite son-in-lawAsa Bowles,  great-nephew Blaine Willard, niece Lauren Jones,...

Birthdays: December 7th-Debby Thompson, LeeAnn Needham, Jim Shirk, Lucy Poirot 12, Haley Shorter 20, Ema Stockton 20, Chrissy Welch 45, Ronda Nelson 69 and Fred Shaw 71;...