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from the editor: Summer 2023, “nostalgia”

We didn’t get tickets to Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour. We tried really hard, but we were 11,000 and some people back in the Ticketmaster queue, and it didn’t happen. So, instead, we decided to dress up as our favorite T. Swift era, make our own playlist of our favorite Taylor Swift songs from each album […]
2 years ago

Home is a Purple School Bus: Local couple embraces tiny living

By Jasmine Jones When Kara and Evan Steffens drive by a schoolyard full of buses, Evan points at the rows of yellow and jokingly exclaims, “Look at all those houses!” It’s because the couple has transformed a 68-passenger school bus, which they bought in September 2020, into their full-time home. Many people said the couple […]
2 years ago

Reflections: Trans-Atlantic Homes of an Expat Child

By Chloe Wightman Dover, Delaware, USA 5 years old Lazy Sundays on a gritty East Coast beach, or racing through a tube slide into a turquoise pool. Running through wildflowers, hands dripping with amber sap, or rummaging through dusty antiques. That familiar twinge of anxiety when somersaulting off the beam, or writing letters to my […]
2 years ago

Hair and Makeup Through the Decades: Try these looks for yourself

Sponsored Content by Eden Health Spa and Salon Words by Amanda Flinn At Eden Health Spa and Salon, the stylists work hard to cultivate the type of space where women can express themselves freely, embrace their differences and be united through their similarities. According to owner Sarah Kilpela, the stylist’s job is to “find out […]
2 years ago

Museum of the Decades: 1960s

Every decade has a personality, the ethos that marks the people living together during that time, giving us shared experience that shapes our day-to-day. It bonds us and reminds us we belong to a specific time, place and group, that we are a part of something larger than ourselves. Here, Kristi Jansen helps us wander […]
2 years ago

Museum of the Decades: 1970s

Every decade has a personality, the ethos that marks the people living together during that time, giving us shared experience that shapes our day-to-day. It bonds us and reminds us we belong to a specific time, place and group, that we are a part of something larger than ourselves. Here, Cheryl Mothes helps us wander […]
2 years ago

Museum of the Decades: 1990s

Every decade has a personality, the ethos that marks the people living together during that time, giving us shared experience that shapes our day-to-day. It bonds us and reminds us we belong to a specific time, place and group, that we are a part of something larger than ourselves. Here, Velencia Morris helps us wander […]
2 years ago

Museum of the Decades: 2000s

Every decade has a personality, the ethos that marks the people living together during that time, giving us shared experience that shapes our day-to-day. It bonds us and reminds us we belong to a specific time, place and group, that we are a part of something larger than ourselves. Here, Chandler Davis helps us wander […]
2 years ago

It’s tea time

Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library Welcome to the Tea Party! At the beginning of June, the Cape Girardeau Public Library is hosting a family tea party to kick off our summer reading celebration! Are you a fan of books, Bridgerton, fancy clothes, or tiny sweets and teas? Then make sure […]
2 years ago

meet along the way: Shu-Chuan Wang-McGrath

By Jasmine Jones Recipes tell the stories of communities and the people who shape them. Each recipe is more than a list of ingredients and steps; it is a written legacy of the individual who created the dish, their family and history. This monthly series highlights one of these legacies and gives readers the chance […]
2 years ago