Joplin Journal Volume 10-6, Issue 3From the Editor's Desk:I'm so used to doing only 1-2 Joplin Journals a month that I tried to say it was July already. :) It's not. It's still June. The month is going by really fast, but not quite that fast. I feel...

Welcome to June! So much for getting into a regular schedule of sending a newsletter every month. I can't seem to slow the months down long enough to remember that I need to write another newsletter. And so here it is practically the middle of June a...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-6, Issue 2From the Editor's Desk:Two Joplin Journals in a row! What is happening? Do I have too much time on my hands? Am I just bursting with news? Since neither of those seems right, I'll go with "I have time and don't know...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-6, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Good morning (or afternoon or evening depending on when you read this)! It's an almost chilly morning. It's in the low 60s right now. The birds are chirping and singing, the sun is shining and...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-5, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Good morning! It's a cloudy, raining morning here. We had a thunderstorm earlier with pretty heavy rain, but now the rain has stopped. The birds, at least the starlings, are making noises, and...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-4, Issue 3From the Editor's Desk:A lovely good morning to you all! And happy last day of April. I still can't figure out how it can be the last day of April, but that's what the calendars say. I suppose I should believe them....

Welcome to April!I seem to be an every-other-month-newsletter writer. What can I say? March was busy. But here we are in April and today is my birthday. And because it's my birthday, I'm going to let YOU spam my blog! You see, I'm doing 39 GIVEAWAYS!...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-4, Issue 2In 60 SecondsFrom the Editor's Desk:Hi! It's Saturday.Weather Report:Rain. Wind. Some sun. Allergies"Genius Burns":Writing is slow but getting there.Project Prognosis:Work on Blog Posts – 1 doneDesign a Journal – Ge...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-4, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Good morning! It's a cold (below freezing at the moment) morning, but the sun is shining and the wind has died. It's supposed to warm up and I have plans to work onside in the yard today. Ther...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-3, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Oops, I didn't realize it was February 19th when I last wrote one of these! I think I could have written the last Saturday in February but I was busy with other things and forgot about it. The...