How do you describe an artist? You talk about their art. Well, what if the artist has more than one art form as most artists do? You talk about each of their art forms as defining part of the artist, …

Strange year.  My first clue as to just how strange '23 was going to be was when our McIntosh Apple Tree didn't bloom.  Ginnie and I have lived on the Empty Nest Farm going on eight years …

Rich Seberg attended the first Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant in 1950.  He was born in July of that year and his mother took him in a basket and stowed the basket under a table.  He …

It was hot and muggy, with temperatures in the low nineties in Missouri (making it misery) and high eighties in Iowa—unusually hot for early May.  Ginnie and I had been in Liberty, …

Phil Clevenger may have gotten his grit and determination from his grandfather, Ulrie Clevenger, who was known to say and put into practice that he'd, “Walk a mile to pull a …

Since we put Buddy on The Green Bean Diet, he has slimmed down considerably, is looking younger, and has become more agile.  He can now jump up on Ginnie's lap without help, his favorite purple …

This story could only have been written by God.  In 2013 the Christian School in Mt. Pleasant had an opening for a kindergarten through first-grade elementary teacher.  The teacher needed …

I've been reading about Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie, Calvinist Christians in Holland who believed in giving aid and shelter to the Jews during World War II.  For their efforts they …

One of my former Creative Writing students, Aimee Gauley (by golly) from Ft. Madison, told me that I needed to come to Ft. Madison and watch this movie, “Intent Unknown” being filmed. …

I saw the advertisement for the fox call in an old Outdoor Life magazine.  A neighbor gave me all his old Outdoor Life and Field and Stream magazines, and I devoured them like candy.  I was …

My wife's brother-in-law, Ron, in his mid-seventies, is a good Christian.  He and his wife Becky live in Liberty, Missouri, which is a suburb of Kansas City (go Chiefs!).  Ron's a friendly …

Tyler (Ty) Sullivan's handshake is firm.  It comes from his high school running coach, Bob Brown.  Coach Brown would shake the runner's hand if he or she received a medal.  If the …