Whew! Another school year has begun! Students, teachers, parents, guardians, and everyone will be gracing the roads and seeing those big yellow buses loading their precious...

Broken and Worthless BranchesI have several mature trees on my place and, after a windstorm in the night, I will usually  see broken tree branches and dead sticks littering...

So far this is the oldest I have ever been. On September 6, 2026 I will be 83.The biggest employer in Missouri is Wal Mart.Five-year-old boy says, “My Grandpaw is like my...

SnippetsA totally humble man is a nearly perfect man with only the shallowest snippets of bad. Go think. Then think again.AbleOnly go to political meetings when you are...

Looking back at January 1960 Tiger Roar. A little 2-year-old blonde headed boy visited the publication class and he has an older sister Rose Lynn and brother Alan. His best...

Birthdays: September 5th-Carla Shepard, John Cooper, Amber Underwood, River Jones 11, Jansen Beach 13, Ava Holland 14, Makayla Williams 14, Sophia Wilmoth 14, Katie Hickey...

I have seen a lot of sadness expressed on many social media posts, and also on national television after the announcement last week that Dolly Parton passed away. I grew up...

Yesterday, August 25, 2026, I turned on my TV and was totally shocked to hear that Dolly Parton had passed away. She had announced a few times she has had some health...

Retorque After 50 MilesAfter buying new tires and reading the information on the job ticket/invoice, I noticed a statement in caps at the bottom: “HAVE YOUR LUG NUTS...

Homemade Chicken and Noodles“It’s not about the food as much as it is the people associated with it.” ~ Lana MooreA staple at family gatherings were our mother’s homemade...

Wind chimes are made of the metalic bones of robots that tried to overthrow us. Hang them outside your house as a warning to others.In the 1960s and 1970s, there was no...

September brings Happy 96th birthday to our mother, Betty Vandegrift, on the 12th. Labor Day, Grandparents Day, great-nephew Caden Vandegrift, nephew Greg Coble, grandson...

Birthdays: August 29th-Chad Garoutte, Laura Hembree, Josie Kehler 12, Tarryn Glenn 24 and Jenny Brown 46; 30th-Katelyn Schloesser, Shannon Hejna, Paula Redman, Dean...

Many conversations begin with discussing the outside temperature. Of course it is very hot out now. It’s August, and time for school to begin again. It seems like both...

Today is Sunday, August 16, 2026, and it is a hot summer day! The weather forecast is for showers and thunderstorms by morning and cooler weather, but it's supposed to turn...