Artist Spotlight: Ash Durrance
Intro and interview by Amanda Flinn Ash Durrance is an artist who comes from a long line of creative women. Raised in Orlando, Fla., Durranc...
meet along the way: The Ugly Quilt Group
This story was first published in the December 2023 issue of The Best Years as “Ugly Quilt Ministry: Bedrolls help people on streets k...
meet along the way: Amy Loomis-McDonald
This story was published in the May 2024 issue of The Best Years as “Faces of Southeast Missouri: Amy Loomis-McDonald.” Amy Loom...
Meet Along the Way: Nancy Johnson
This story was first published in the March 2024 issue of The Best Years as “Faces of Southeast Missouri: Nancy Johnson.” While ...
Meet Along the Way: Debbie Crane
This story was first published as “Community Cookbook: Rice Casserole with Debbie Crane from Dexter, Mo.” in the April 2024 issu...
from the editor: Spring 2024, “open”
In the first draft of this letter to open our issue on the theme of “open,” I wrote an anecdote about the students I taught in Greece wh...
Opening the Doors: Hotelier Drucella Perkins’ life leads from East Coast back home to Southeast Missouri
By Amanda Flinn As a young girl growing up in Southeast Missouri, Drucella Perkins, née Robinson, helped with the laundry while daydreaming...
Let’s Talk: Autumn Grim and Georganne Syler, public health
Autumn Grim, MPH, CPHA, began working at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center in 2019. Prior to that, she had been with the Missou...
Let’s Talk: Rodaina Nasreldin and Karla Cornelius, entrepreneurship
Karla Cornelius, owner of the coffee shop El Kolibri in Cape Girardeau, first met Rodaina Nasreldin when Rodaina came into El Kolibri for a ...