Bits & Pieces – Great Festival, Halloween’s next
Congratulations to the Festival Committee for an excellent festival with lots of vendors, fun and people. Add to that an outstanding parade to kick off...
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Bits & Pieces – Officially Fall, officially old
Fall is officially here and I am officially 79. Although the first day of fall this year was Sept. 22, many years it falls on Sept. 23, my birthday. I...
Bits & Pieces – Fall back and enjoy!
Fall is just around the corner and I am ready. I love this time of the year; warm days, cooler nights and beautiful colors as the leaves begin to...
Bits & Pieces – Veins are so overrated
Last week was a crazy week for me. I had four appointments in Springfield over a period of three days. Three of them were for medical reasons and one...
Bits & Pieces – Grandparents Day and precious memories
This Sunday, September 8, is Grandparents Day! Let us all gather around and really celebrate!I’m so glad there’s a Grandparents Day. It’s a day that we...
Bits & Pieces – He cried wolf—too many times
Now that school has started, I remember those days when my three kids were in school. How well I remember the chaos, the panic when one of them couldn’t...
Bits & Pieces – Diamonds all over the place
As editor of the newspaper, I get a lot of news/junk/information/stupid stuff, etc. from so many different sources, I couldn’t even begin to name them...
Bits & Pieces – Checking out a new home
My daughter, Buffy and family, moved into a new house last week so I had to go check it out last Saturday.Buffy has lived in Springfield since she...
Bits & Pieces – Restarting an old hobby
I love house plants! But sometimes they don’t like me.When I was a stay at home mom, many, many years ago, I had a lot of house plants. I studied them...
Bits & Pieces – What to do when your technologically challenged?
I’m almost afraid to write this column because it’s an admission, once again, of how technology and I don’t get along.It’s a good thing for me that I have a lot of friends who understand technology today, especially...