“Madamatics” Do you believe madamatics is “the study of older citizens getting angry while forgetting things?” I believe it is. I have been there. And I have done that. I...

You know old folks are nosy when they say let me ask you this here.My wife said come home at 3:50. I got confused came home with a Ford 350 truck.It isn’t your worst day....

This week’s column will be shorter than usual as I am busier than is usually the case.I have been listening to a book on Hoopla that is the last in a trilogy by Becky Wade...

Saturday Kim got Kelbey’s chicken house up and I went to visit for a short time with the grandchildren and ended up staying till 5 p.m. Pulling weeds and redoing flower...

Birthdays: April 19th-Calvin Yount, Kaiden Daniel, Saedee Sherwood 23, Isaac East 36 and Melvin Dodd 75; 20th-Ashtyn Anderson, Sam Stamate, Hank Bryant 2, Journee Counts 5,...

In our part of the world, we take education for granted. It is a law for all youngsters to begin public school by the age of 6, and stay until they either graduate, drop...

Huge Heaps“What do you think it said?” I mistakenly asked, using a wrong pronoun to refer yours truly to my wife. She laughed loudly. “It?” she asked. “What exactly is...

I must say that the rain we have received is such a blessing. I am praying for those who had tornado damage or flood damage. No matter how we prepare, weather does not...

Birthdays: April 12th-Rachel Witt, Wanda Willis, Aidan White 2, Maelie McNeil 10, Holland Williams 10, Kyle Keithly 38, Dee Glenn 62, Cheryl O’Connor 63, Brenda Evans 64,...

I am loving this weather. There are buds on my lilac bushes, and I cannot wait to bury my face into the full and fragrant blooms and inhale: a precious memory from my...

Thankful for the rain. Don’t need storms.Back in the days in PE classes playing dodge ball, you found out who really didn’t like you.Life is getting up one more time than...

Defining True Ozarkian EnglishS’cood: It’s good.‘Yant: Do you want?‘Yanta: Do you want to?Summers (1945): Somewhere.Piller: Pillow. Pillow is too fancy. So I continued with...

Hello Spring, and goodbye Winter! Although we had a fairly mild winter, it’s always refreshing to hear the birds singing, frogs croaking, and to see green grass in the...

Sometimes I have an idea about what this column will be about, and sometimes I don’t. This was one of those don’t days. But then we were blessed with a much needed rain –...

Last night someone broke into my house and stole two dozen eggs. Left a sauce pan filled with water. Police believe it was poachers.It is true that exercise helps with...