Isn’t it interesting what can happen when you open the door after the doorbell rings unexpectedly? That happened to me on Friday before Memorial Day. A neighbor I hadn’t...

As I write this correspondence for the Greenfield Vedette, unsettled weather has been forecasted for our area again. We just pray we don’t have to experience dealing with a...

Thanks to all who visited a cemetery last weekend and thanked a Veteran for our freedom.Buffalo Day in Greenfield, Missouri, on May 24 started wet but turned out great. Two...

June brings Flag Day, Father's Day. Happy birthday to grandson William, great nephew Pearce Kiper,  I turn 65 on June 11, sister-in-law Sandy Vandegrift, nephew-in-law...

Birthdays: June 7th-Danielle Roper, Jennifer Coble 27, Tristan Spain 40, Rianna Myers 42 and Paula Rook 57; 8th-Taelyn Underwood 7, Colton Eccher 32, Penny Thiem 59 and Joy...

How do you identify different snakes? There are so many! I do know that the poisonous ones have a triangular head, but who in their right mind stays around long enough to...

I have been listening to a book on Hoopla called Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki, written in 2017. It has given me a lot to think about, especially as I find I have more...

Busy times for every one with school events, Buffalo Day and sports. Stay safe.Sign on home: Go away solar man. Do not knock on door or ring bell 20 times but if you are...

Whittlers, Square Dances, OuthousesIf you are beyond 70 and someone asks: “How are you today, sir, ma’am?” simply reply: “I’m still a spring chicken and I’ll continue...

What is your why?News is short and sweet as we have been on vacation and gone for the past 10 days, so I am so far behind I am ahead of myself....

Birthdays: June 1st-Bryan Jackson, Ryder O’Connor 13, Keaton Jones 24 and Barbara Decker 45; 2nd-Melanie Bohnenblust 5, Graham Dellaert 7, Jacob Crouch 15, Quinton Searcy...

The last day of school! Whew! We survived another year! Our one room schoolhouse teacher mother most likely felt the same relief as all the rest of us do on the last day,...

My granddaughter cuddled up with me over Mother’s Day weekend, and said she loved how my clothes smelled. So we had a conversation about clotheslines. I have a clothesline...

May 26, 2025 is a special day once known as Decoration Day now Memorial Day. If you are decorating a grave, stop by a grave and thank a Veteran.On the farm, rubber boots go...

 A Man Of Greater MeasureThe little town of Bona (pronounced Bonnie) lying in the northeastern corner of Dade County Missouri once had a population of 68 citizens. It was...