Being the mother of four teenagers was a challenge. I feel like there should be a shirt that states “I Survived Four Teenagers”. They...

Truthfully, there are gaps in my childhood memories. Unlike most of you who remember many things, there is much that I have forgotten...

Do you love your job? Do you love what you spend most of the hours of the day doing? Well, way back in 1957 through 1966, Buck loved his...

Christie Brinkley is a beautiful woman. Chuck Norris is a handsome man. Together they advertise The Total Gym. This is a piece of...

Rookie-doo is not in Webster’s dictionary. It is a term I have known since I was a kid. It means a person has been tricked, scammed,...

Our anniversary is coming soon; next month in fact. Buck and I would have been married fifty-six years on August the 18th. It was a good...

Hobbies are an important part of a healthy life style. I have friends who knit, quilt and paint. Me? I read. Buck enjoyed a game of golf...

If you grew up in Bureau County, chances are you have been “tubin’” on Bureau Creek. Big Bureau Creek is seventy-three miles long and...

Today it is 104 degrees in Arlington, Texas, where I am visiting my son and his family. Everyone is working, so I find myself keeping...

If you are from the city you may not relate to this but, here in central Illinois where we are blessed with the blackest, richest soil on...