“Same thing. Just a bit different, is all.” This was the summary of my column last week by an uncle.
Dear Parents,
A house is not a home without a junk drawer. It’s the one place everybody in your house will sooner or later find themselves rummaging through, muttering frantic words, like: “I KNOW I saw it in here yesterday!” and “SURELY we didn’t throw that away.”
The New River Gorge is ancient and looming in a way that makes you feel small and insignificant. It’s hard to explain until you’re at the bottom of the gorge staring up to surface level, realizing how many hundreds of millions of years it took for the scene you’re staring at to develop. The …
Our Ozark rivers, including the Meramec, stay packed with visiting canoers, kayakers and jet boaters during the summer months. The winter months, however, are a different story. If you need a bit of solitude, get on the water during the cold weather months.
My grandfather, Joseph Aloysius Bodey, immigrated to Southwest Missouri in the early 1880’s with his parents. There he later met Margaret, a daughter of immigrants, married her, and together raised four children. One was my father, Carl, born in Pierce City in 1916. Over the last few hundred…
This is what Senator Schmitt had to say about the ongoing federal budget:
“You’re making that up!” I accused my Uncle Clark.
I’ve had my share of less-than-stellar moments as a mom. It happens. But one that will forever stay stuck near or at the top of my list happened in August of 1988. I’ll call it “The Worst Case of Insensitivity EVER!” We were getting ready to leave the home we loved, to pull into the driveway…
The U.S. Department of the Interior issued a decision on the use of federal public lands that has the collective conservation community praising the move. If you care about wildlife, public land access, and the future of hunting and fishing in America, then I believe you will be pleased to h…
“A sight for sore eyes!” It has been a while, but that has followed “You are…” a few times in my life. Maybe even more than a few. Expressed by loved ones. Family. Old friends.
Back in 2007, Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman starred in a movie that, quite honestly, fell a little flat in the ratings department. The movie: “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium”. But I’m going to say that they (the critics) missed the mark on this one. I’m not sure why, though. Maybe it’s …
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a hot topic among deer hunters and deer managers across the state of Missouri. Some hunters believe that the Missouri Department of Conservation is not handling the management of CWD correctly, while others support what MDC is doing.
I have a giant jar of pennies on my bookshelf. The coins on the bottom have been in there for several years, and new ones go in regularly. The jar has a heft to it; whenever I consider cashing them in, I lift the jar, feel the weight, and put it back down. Too much trouble.
To the woman who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
On Tuesday, Jan. 13, Governor Mike Kehoe delivered the 2026 State of the State Address to the Missouri General Assembly, outlining his legislative priorities and budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027.
Have you ever wondered how children learn certain skills? We teach them how to use a fork and a spoon. We teach them to say please and thank you. We teach them to share, to put their toys away, to read, write, and a plethora of other things. But, how do they learn to do all those things we d…
Governor Mike Kehoe and the Department of Economic Development’s (DED) Office of Broadband Development (OBD) announced today that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Missouri’s plan to award more than $814 million to bring high-speed internet to…
It was silver aluminum, with blue panels halfway up each side. Glass topped the blue walls, giving a clear view of both the user and those outside the booth.
“Let’s have us a look?” the old man asked. He was inspecting the scarred axles of an old Fisher-Davis carriage; part of a sawmill built in St. Louis near the turn of the century. The last turn---around 1900.
Jan. 8, 2026
A new year is cause for reflection on the past year, and the new year that lies ahead. Many folks spend New Years day making resolutions, while others watch football games and parades. I tend to believe the old adage that how you begin a year sets the tone for the remainder. I elected to tak…
The simple answer is yes. In most cases seeing is believing. There were several videos taken from different angles that captured the horrific event - the killing of Renee Nicole Good. Before an investigation could even begin, Donald Trump and his minions were trying to convince us that we sh…
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