My wife has always wanted me to participate more in the kitchen. She doesn’t exactly want me to be a trained chef, just do a little more consistent job of
The first symptoms began to reveal themselves less than 24 hours after I subbed in a kindergarten classroom on the last school day before Christmas break. The teacher had been
Applesauce, sucked through a straw from a plastic, 3-ounce package, seems to be the choice food of 18-month old boys. That was my most astute observation of the Christmas holidays.
“Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.” ~Oscar Wilde Thinking that the Irish comedian/writer was correct, I don’t really make resolutions.
Last weekend, many residents of Southern Boone County unexpectedly found themselves without internet and cellular service. It is not uncommon to lose one service or the other from time to
The Columbia Missourian newspaper announced who the recipients of their 2017 Progress Awards were last week, and when the Sherman Brown, Jr. Award (recognizing a community member who always serves
My grandson is no longer a baby. This Christmas Luke Vinson will be a fully-grown 18-month old toddler, capable of out-running his mother and screaming louder than either of his
“What should I write about this week, Truman?” Having written well over three hundred columns for the Journal in the last few years, I occasionally struggle to come up with