Dorothy Wages of Leavenworth, Kansas writes: Millie, your article a few weeks ago entitled “What happened to the call of the bobwhite” Brought back a childhood memory

Last week’s story ended with Richard being diagnosed with bulbospinal polio, the most severe form of this disease.  At this period in his life, he was living in an iron lung.  He is unable to swallow or breathe on his own.  He had to be feed through a feeding tube.  He said even though he co…

Two young men from the other end of the state were flying to the big city for a visit. Before they left home, their father gave them some advice: “You watch those big city taxi drivers. They’ll rob you blind. Never pay them what they ask for. You have to haggle.”

The days are moving ahead at a steady pace. While 2020 has been unpredictable and unbelievable, one thing has been consistent and unchanging. It’s each day’s twenty-four-hour cycle. Nothing has slowed it down, sped it up, or altered its guaranteed coming and going. As a result, deer season i…

Covid, lockdown, riots, and murder hornets? I don't know about you, but this year has definitely been one to remember. I thought 2020 was going to be a good year and prosper, but so far it's been depressing and dissappointing than anything. I'm trying to be optimistic that the rest of the ye…

One thing for sure if grandpa were alive today we would find him sitting somewhere with a group of fellows telling tall tales and using the English language as his own tool of expression.

The story is told about the teacher who gave her students a weekend assignment to sell a product and then give a report to the class on salesmanship.

Pester - to behave in an annoying manner toward someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly. Synonyms: Annoy, badger, bug. Cambridge Dictionary.

With the oncoming of the Corona Virus pandemic, I knew I wanted to write about another pandemic that was just as horrific and devastating as Covid-19. This pandemic, poliomyelitis,  targeted young children and teenagers worldwide where Covid-19 has ended up targeting people of all ages most …

This time of year, the water level in the rivers are naturally low. Usually, the rains are of the thunderstorm variety and are not long, ongoing, soakers. This can make fishing harder but more centralized. Basically, find the areas that produce the most oxygen and more fish will congregate t…