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,â...
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 th...
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...
3 tips for plant care from Christy Smith, The Plant Lady
1. Make sure you get the right plant for the right light. “It’s very disheartening to take care of plants that aren’t thriving in the ...
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 barâ€...
The Power of Friendship
Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library February is the month centered around love and there are many diff...
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 Sustai...
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...