For the first time in nearly five months, I’m not starting the week packing bags or getting ready for the long drive to Jefferson City. The 2023...

Soon after we had moved into our home in Ghana, our missionary friends were ‘gifted’ an injured hawk. They had no interest in nursing him back to...

I want to thank everyone who stopped by the Stone Soup Booth at Creekside Market last week in Crane. I had a great visit with people. I brought numerous jars of...

Sympathy goes to the family of Donald Asher. Donald and my husband were cousins. Monday, I baked pies and sewed, then took a pie down to my cousin. I watched Titus while...

How vividly I remember the saying that was going around my hometown of Verona, Mo when I was growing up. "You better not date one of those Haddock girls! Old man Haddock...

Hello friends. It is getting late, and outside, the world is filled with the songs of the night creatures; frogs booming in their bass tones, crickets droning...

When my oldest grandson, Tyler, was just 3 or 4 he was “eat up” with Batman. He had every costume and the accessories to go with it. One evening, after his bed time, he...

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good organizations or websites for locating interesting volunteer opportunities? I’ve been doing some volunteer work since I...

As summer approaches and we spend more time outdoors, The Skin Cancer Foundation would like to remind everyone how to use sunscreen safely and effectively as part of a sun...

When driving along the roads in SW Missouri, it's not uncommon to see a wide variety of animals that have been hit by vehicles and are lying dead...

Note: The family in this story wishes to remain anonymous, so the names have been changed. Every family has its challenges. One such challenge came to a family...

The sun has slipped over the horizon at last, warming the bones that have been pierced thoroughly by the cold creeping off the lake. I shudder to think what it would have...

Monday, Charlene and I went to the library at Galena to check out some books. Crane’s library has been closed for maintenance. I went down to my cousin’s house after lunch....

Greetings friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day. It's good to stop and reflect for a few minutes about something other than work, kids, bills, and all...

I woke up on a Memorial Day, and the sun was coming up, and my bed mates, my sweet little female dog, along with my buddy boy, who kind of looked at me like is it time to...