The Topping Up Days  Relative to the picture shown here and from top down on the left side, the family names are: Carlos Allen Berry, Kyle Ray...

Memphis BelleSeveral years ago, I was visiting with Shawn, a family friend, and our conversation gravitated to World War II. He highly recommended that I watch the film,...

What is your favorite thing about fall and the cooling of the temperatures? Is it the vibrancy of the colors of leaves or the crisp coolness of the outside air? Maybe it is...

Birthdays: Kaveyn Boyd 9, John Myers 41 and Kim Boring 64; 15th-Isaac Lasater, Jason Forgey 14 and Sheila Jackson 87; 16th-Leon Tolbert, Megan Allison, Kinder Standley,...

Kim has started back doing some of his work. Just finished up with Dennis Delk and has some others lined out.Monday evening I ran to Mom's house and met Diane Austin to...

Welcome to November. It’s the month where we get used to the time change, make plans for family gatherings, ready our lives for the cold winter to come, and most...

Election Day 2026 has come and gone. Big turn out reported Candidates will take office in January 2027. A true old friend makes yesterday feel like it was only...

Monday night was volleyball districts between the Greenfield Lady Wildcats and Lockwood Lady Tigers. The gym was packed. The Lady Tigers took the championship in three...

Stop Eating WormsWhen I was in grade school, Mom and I were often invited to go fishing on the Stockton Lake with church friends Howard and Myrtie. I enjoyed the gorgeous...

Every once in a while, my mind catches an echo of a phrase or saying our one room schoolhouse teacher mother or our farmer mechanic father used. Remembering the voices from...

Birthdays: November 7th-Rance Ogden 9, Jeremy Schmidt 20, Grace Miller 27, Mary McLemore 56 and Lucille Franklin 102; 8th-Stacey Scribner, Trey Daniel, Kayla Getman, Jordan...

A few weeks ago,  I wrote how David defeated Goliath with just one stone. In that article, I mentioned the power of one. Well, coming up soon, you can be that one. Our...

Long Black LimousineThe song “Long Black Limousine” was composed circa 1958 by country musicians/songwriters Edwin Braden and Bobby George. The song was recorded by various...

TidbitFor a tidbit in my family's history: my mother Lucinda Berry helped my father, Leonard Berry, cut a wagon load of heating wood to be sold in Greenfield, Missouri one...

I just reminded myself this morning. I hadn’t written an article for the Vedette for a while. Seems like the weeks just go flying by. It’s also been a busy October for me....