Joplin Journal Volume 9-3, Issue 2From the Editor's Desk:I feel like my brain is on overload. It's full of writing projects, camp stuff, teaching things, emails, messes, music, life, preparing to teach tomorrow, and I'm not sure what else. I sort of...

Should I wish you a happy St. Patrick's Day?To be honest I completely forgot it was St. Patrick's day until someone mentioned it online. That tells you how important it is to me. :) But let's skip the holiday, shall we? I start teaching writing class...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-3, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Good morning and Happy National Oreo Cookie day! Did you know it was National Oreo Cookie day? Well, now you do. Are you going to eat an Oreo? I might, but then again, I might not.Right now the...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-2, Issue 2From the Editor's Desk:Surprise! I'm sitting here at my desk this bright, sunny morning instead of getting things ready to go to church for the Widows' Luncheon. That's because we decided to postpone it once again. T...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-2, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:I wasn't going to be writing this today. I thought I would be preparing to head to church for the Widows' Valentine's Day Luncheon, but due to extreme cold here combined with some ice and snow,...

Happy February!When you think of February, do you think of Valentine's Day? Chocolates, flowers, candle-light dinners, romance stories, and all that sort of thing? Sometimes I do, but mostly I think of the Widows' Luncheon at church. Since I'm in cha...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-1, Issue 3From the Editor's Desk:It's a rainy Saturday morning here. It's cold, but not freezing cold. I am looking at my to-do list and wondering if I can get almost all of it done this morning. I'd like to get some other thi...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-1, Issue 2From the Editor's Desk:Good morning! It's a wintery morning here. There is a dusting of snow on the ground and the sun can't decide if it should shine or hide. I am sitting here at my desk trying to decide just what...

Happy New Year! Or is it too late to say that? I'm not up on my social greetings.I hope you all had a lovely Christmas time enjoying family and remembering the birth of our Savior. I did. It's hard to believe it's 2021 already. I'm not sure what this...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-1, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Happy New Year! I'm sitting here at my desk this morning thinking of all the organizational projects I want to work on, all the books I want to read, all the blog posts I want to do, all the st...