meet along the way: Melissa Scholes Young
This story was first published as “Examining Roots: Novel ‘The Hive’ set in Cape Girardeau” in the March 2022 issue ...
Get Your Finances in Order: 7 tips from an economist
Dr. Rebecca Summary is a professor emeritus at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. She taught principles of macroeconomic...
Starting a Business: 7 Tips from Laurie Everett
Interested in starting a business? We sat down with Laurie Everett, owner of Annie Laurie’s, the Indie House, Mother Earth and The D...
Love stories
Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library February is the month of love, but there are more ways than one to love a pers...
Spring 2022, “femininity:” from the editor
A four-year-old girl was running in circles, and her younger brother was following her. She was laughing, delighted, having so much fun; he ...
Cooking on Belief: Freelance chef Pat Buck, Jr. pursues passion for food
By Jasmine Jones Freelance chef Pat Buck, Jr.’s first step to cooking is “getting really hungry.” His second step is to gather the ing...
Art for You: “Memories”
MIXED MEDIA By Thomas Shaner My collages remember the moments of the past through the fragments and images of family photos. Since my father...
Adventure Through Intuition: Your guide to going wild
By Aaron Arnzen What does adventure mean to you? If we turn to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it tells us adventure is “an exciting or ...
Ovariesy: What does the profanity we use tell us about attitudes toward women?
When I was teaching undergraduates during grad school, one day, one of my students sat down and flipped her laptop open. On her laptop cover...