meet along the way: Linda and Leon Wiggs
By Jasmine Jones This story was first published in the August 2022 issue of “The Best Years” as ‘Let’s Travel the Wo...
meet along the way: Dolly Jewel
By Molly Phegley This story was first published as “Faces of Southeast Missouri: Dolly Jewel” in the October 2022 issue of The B...
New year = new titles to explore
Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library A new month means new things to read, new bookish goals, and new t...
meet along the way: Phyllis Johnson
By Jasmine Jones This story was first published in the September 2022 issue of The Best Years with the title “Community Cookbook: Goul...
Meet Along the Way: Joann Lester
By Jasmine Jones This story was first published in the December 2022 issue of The Best Years with the title “Faces of Southeast Missou...
Meet Along the Way: Sharon Tuschhoff
Words By Jasmine Jones Bird photo by Sharon Tuschhoff This story was first published in the Winter 2022 issue of mind + body. Sharon Tusch...
Ghosts of Christmas Past
Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library Ghosts of Christmas Past: Join us on a Dickensian adventure this h...
meet along the way: Fran Scholl
At 12 years old, Fran Scholl knew she wanted to be in the military. What she didn’t know was how unusual that was for a young girl in 1968...
from the editor, Winter 2022: Interact
For a long time, I was hesitant to claim the title “writer;” I thought I maybe kind of sort of was, but I wasn’t sure. I wrote. And I ...