Rock Wall

It just occurred to me that maybe I should clarify a statement I wrote last week. I said an animal lives with me. I hope everyone knew I meant Caddee. Speaking of said animal, I have been told not to let Caddee outside if there is a possum in the neighborhood. Well, you know possums.

  Monday, Feb. 21, wasn’t the best of days. Presidents’ Day closes down banks and sources of useful information like schools and post offices. I always seem to want to know something when there is no one around to answer my questions.   Feb. 21 was also the day that Kenny’s computer died. Kaput, over

From the list in the St. Clair County Courier, it looks like most Southwest Missouri fire departments were hauling water to fight the Osceola fire. I find comfort in that. If we ever have a big fire downtown…again and we will, there’s help in nearby towns. I’ve seen photos of solid sheets of ice from

I know that at least person read my book review last week on Jerico Springs, The Mystic City. Kimball told me that in Chapter 8 of John C. Beydler’s book in his or her 1888 column in his or her Jerico Jottings column in the weekly Stockton Journal  called  it the Mystic City frequently as

OK I’ve had enough. When the nurse in Bolivar gave me my first covid shot, I didn’t feel it during or after the shot. When Jennifer Mays gave me my second shot at our  front counter, didn’t feel it. Got covid anyway. Kimball didn’t. Got the bill  for my hospital stay. Felt that. When the

First things first.  I had to hear about Jeanne Hoagland being at the Chiefs’ game Sunday for her birthday. Her entire family was there except her son who is in the military. She said it was the loudest game she had ever attended. But when Buffalo scored a touchdown with just seconds to go, she

Our little children are paying closer attention to us than we are to them. -Davis had to be gone over night on business. When he returned home the next morning nearly three-year old Reese hollered, “Momma, I found Daddy.” A few days later he brought Reese to the office to visit. Before walking out of

Elliot Ross Adams, born Jan 5, 2022, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, is the first baby of the New Year. I realize that there may have been someone born before that, but he was the first one reported. So, congratulations to baby Elliot Ross and his parents, Lane and Savannah Adams. They are entitled

We are in a new year, in a new Rock Wall. Let’s see what we can do with it. What do you want different for the new year? A long time friend sent a new wish for me to get healthy in the new year. I think it is past time for that. I might

We had an unusual Christmas dinner – only adult acting people at the table. Tom and Margaret joined us. Two-year-old, Snider was finishing his nap. That left Cain, Adrian, Van, Kimball and me at the table.  Boy, Van put away some groceries. He liked that sliced ham. I happened across an old column by Larry