It is lunch time and Verena and I have the laundry hanging out on the line. The lines are all filled and we have to wait until some of the clothes are dry to hang the last basket full of clothing. Our laundry seems extra big today. With the hot weather everyone likes to shower [...]
Before I retired there were days when I came home from work, took my shoes off, plopped into my easy chair and didn’t want to get up. But I knew that I had to. Especially in the days when I had children at home. Days off work were mine to claim except for supper time [...]
Tomato season and the Longaberger Basket Bee always coincide at our house. It’s been that way for years — ever since my cousin Jeanette and her friend Nancy have been coming from North Carolina to stay at our house and attend the Bee. July, you see, starts tomato season in North Carolina. Nancy and her [...]
Like a doctor removing something important, Herb Collins gently peeled the wrapper back from the root ball and tenderly placed the baby tree in the hole. Then he stood and walked around it to see which way he should align it. Actually, looks pretty good just the way it is. So he took his bucket [...]
Last week I shared with you how you can know that you will spend your eternity in Heaven. I hope you made that decision. And if you did, I’d like to share another verse with you about “knowing” that you have eternal life. In I John 5:13, the Bible says this, “I have written these [...]
Madison County Health Partners Free Clinic Director Melissa Canney was overwhelmed by the evening’s entertainment, the large crowd that showed up and their generosity toward the free clinic.
Thanks to the quick action of the bank’s teller, would-be robbers were thwarted in an apparent attempt Thursday morning to gain entry into the First Community Bank at 13760 S.W. Main St., in Midway.
The Madison-Plains boys and girls golf teams will hold their tryouts at Locust Hills Golf Course, starting Monday, Aug. 1. The boys need to be at the course by 7 a.m. and the girls by 7:15 a.m. They must bring their clubs and completed paperwork. Practice should be finished by 9:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. [...]
