BelieveIn America you can believe what you want. Whether it is true or not only God knows. And perhaps your wife!The Blue And White Streak! In the late 1940s into the early...

What a picture in the paper for Lucille's 101 birthday with that car. She said they had one, but it was yellow with a white top. So many cards, calls and best wishes for...

Birthdays: November 22nd-Scott Miller, Ray Kile, Sawyer Dodd 26, Rylan Cornelius 33, Sarah Griffin 45, Patsy Hembree 64 and Don Bishop 79; 23rd-Baylee Grisham, Beckham...

Growing up on a Missouri farm, our days were shaped by the steady hands and unwavering hearts of our parents—a one-room schoolhouse teacher mother and a farmer-mechanic...

A Many Of A Wasp AgoIn 1987 when my son Jason was four he ran to his mother shouting, “Mommy! Mommy! Come quick! Come quick! The tea kettle is...

Sounds people love to hear: shoes on gravel, rain on metal roof, the crackling of a fire, babies laughing, cats purring.Thanks to the unknown My Turn Reader for the oatmeal...

On Friday they set our headstone. One less thing our children will have to worry about. Roger Steeley was there and sorry to hear he had been in an accident. Totaled his...

We are definitely in the autumn season. We are ready for the sun to shine again after a few days of dark, dreary days with a drizzle of rain.Today is October 29 and the day...

Birthdays: November 15th-Isaac Lasater, Jason Forgey 13 and Sheila Jackson 86; 16th-Leon Tolbert, Megan Allison, Claire McGee 16, Kruze Renkoski 13, Kelbey Bowles 35, Tyler...

Okay, you early Christmas decorators, you need to slow the flow just a bit. In my opinion, Christmas trees go up AFTER Thanksgiving. No lights, no garland, no wreaths,...

When The School Bell Rang“It’s a somerset!”“It’s a somersault!”“NO! It's not!”“NO! It’s not!’“Yes! It is!”“Yes! It is!”1948 it was. Our first grade class played in lush...

The annual coat donation drive at Prairie Mountain Outlet Store in Lockwood has begun. Check dates when open. Great project.Get out there and be the surprise onion ring in...

Friday, Kim met me in Springfield to take care of insurance and do some running around. He has been sick and been to the doctor, but he went back home not feeling good so I...

We got a small taste of winter this last weekend. It was the reminder to get all the waterlines winterized, check the antifreeze in machinery, fill your propane tanks,...

Birthdays: November 8th-Ann Sedge, Stacey Scribner, Trey Daniel, Kayla Getman, Jordan Sartin, Henry McDowell 12, McCord Deken 22 and Alan Olson 62; 9th-Draven Stapp 27,...