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People We Admire Talk With People They Admire: Dr. Loretta P. Prater talks with Cynthia G. Dean

Introduction by Mia Pohlman Telling someone you look up to them involves risk. But, we believe in being straightforward in our admiration of others, letting people know when we think there is something cool about them. We also are always up for knowing another interesting person in our community, and it’s usually true that the […]

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People We Admire Interview People They Admire: Kelly Downes talks with Rev. Edie Bird

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People We Admire Interview People They Admire: Aaron Eisenhauer talks with Zelda Mazur

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Homage to the House Plant (and those who grow them): Abby Koch

I started collecting about five years ago, I think. At first, it was just for the aesthetic, but now, I think, it’s just really fun to see them grow, and they really reciprocate all the energy and time you put into them. It’s just a fun hobby. A lot of them I found when they’re […]

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Homage to the House Plant (and those who grow them): Sarah W. Hale

I’m 86. As far back as I can remember, I have always liked plants — indoors and outdoors. I’ve been doing hair since I was 10. I like to see the change. If you take care of [plants], they will kind of in a way take care of you. If they shine, I shine. Plants […]

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Homage to the House Plant (and those who grow them): Leslie Phillips

Probably some of the first plants I had were funeral plants from my dad’s funeral. So it kind of felt like, ‘I need to keep this alive,’ ‘cause it was something I brought home. And it doesn’t really remind me of him, so much as I see now these plants are much older, and I […]

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Homage to the House Plant (and those who grow them): Robert Harris, Jr.

I use my plants as my therapy. You know about the [community] gardens [I work with]. But then [I] also work with a program called Kids in the Kitchen [to help students learn about healthy eating]. … And then I work to collect school supplies for kids at the public schools here and down at […]

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Homage to the House Plant (and those who grow them): Christy Smith

My mother always had lots of houseplants. It was one of my jobs, too, as a child, that she would give me a damp cloth to clean the leaves of her plants. So that was one of my jobs as a child to keep my hands busy was cleaning her plants. So I guess I’ve […]

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Charlotte Craig Meets Charlotte Craig: A story of two people connecting

By Jasmine Jones Charlotte Craig walks into a restaurant to meet Charlotte Craig. No, it’s not the start of a “person walks into a bar” joke. It’s also not the set-up for a science fiction story in which a character meets a clone of themselves and has to battle their own identity. This is a […]

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meet along the way: Jim and Mary Maginel

By Amanda Flinn This story was first published in the January 2023 issue of “The Best Years” with the title “Living Sustainably: Jim and Mary Maginel steward the land.” For many, sustainable farming is a pipe dream, or a fancy idea on the internet, but for Jim and Mary Maginel of Cape Girardeau, it is […]

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