Joplin Journal Volume 10-2, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Hello. I'm here again after two weeks of not writing this Journal. I didn't mean to miss two weeks. Last Saturday I was planning on writing but I got busy doing something else and forgot until...

A Wednesday Welcome!I mentioned in my last newsletter that we'd gotten some snow. Well, we got more. First we got sleet, then snow and cold. Last Monday it was 70º and the next night it started sleeting. Temperatures didn't get above freezing until F...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-1, Issue 3From the Editor's Desk:Good morning! It's a bright, sunny morning here in Joplin. Temperatures are in the low 30s and rising. I'm sitting here at my desk with the sun streaming in through the windows. Lovely classic...

Happy Monday!The sun is shining and most of our snow has melted by now. We don't get a lot of snow here, and when we do get snow it's not usually very much, so I try to enjoy it. I went out for a walk with my best friend on Saturday when it was still...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-1, Issue 2From the Editor's Desk:Two weeks in a row! When was the last time you got a Joplin Journal two weeks in a row? That's what I thought. You can't remember. Well, neither can I. This one will be much shorter than the l...

Joplin Journal Volume 10-1, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:What?! It's been a month since I wrote a Joplin Journal? That is crazy! I am going to do my best to get back to a more normal schedule of writing and sending these. Life is finally settling do...

Hello!Are you trying to check things off your to-do list for December? Baking cookies, getting gifts, wrapping presents, sending Christmas cards, preparing for parties and Christmas programs, family get togethers, and dreaming of sitting down with yo...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-12, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Well, it's December. Will I get more than one Joplin Journal written this month? I guess we'll see. The next two Saturdays I do have something going on, but we'll see. Right now I'm sitting he...

I can't believe–well, maybe I can–that I haven't sent you anything since the Five Fall Favorites was going on! That was the beginning of October and now it's the end of November.Oh, happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers. And non-American read...

Joplin Journal Volume 9-11, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:I'm home alone right now. Some classical music is playing, and I'm wondering how much I can get done before Dad comes back. (He's at a men's breakfast, and Mom & Sarah are at Krista's co-e...