We Are Community 173 Well show season is officially over for 2023.  It began in Paris, MO. in March, 3rd Sunday Market in Bloomington, Spoon River in Smithfield and ended with Stoneware Convention in East Peoria. Well guess it is…

We Are Community 172 Another Spoon River is in the books.  Always set up in the gym of the Red Brick School in Smithfield.  Good place to be-inside, food, bathrooms and the ability to leave it set up for both…

We Are Community 171 Some of us have the luxury of growing older, some do not.  Hopefully as we grow older, we grow wiser and are more understanding and compassionate.  We also lose loved ones.  My immediate family have all…

We Are Community 170 Busy week.  Started off with an IEAR meeting in Carthage.  We ate at the Dirty Bird and then toured the Kibbe Museum.  Both were great.  Had not been to the Dirty Bird before and took a…

We Are Community 169 Well, my career as a burglar is probably over.  Had to sign a legal document at the bank and they took my thumb print!  Noticed that there were a lot of other thumb prints in the…

We Are Community 168 There is sad news to report in the Plymouth community this week.  Rusty Cole, 65, of Augusta passed away on Sept 10th.  He is the father of Ronna Cole of Plymouth.  Eddie Widener, 95, of Augusta…

We Are Community 167 Romans 13:8 and 9 “Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another…for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law…Love your neighbor as yourself.”  Saturday evening, I was sitting on…

We Are Community 165 The 137th Plymouth Old Settler’s is largely history.  Have lived in Plymouth since 1978 and must say this was one of the very best celebrations ever.  The committee worked very hard to bring in a carnival,…

We Are Community 164 The big news this week is that the 137th Plymouth Old Settlers is Fri, Sat and Sun of this week.  It is in and around the Plymouth Park which is in the center of town.  All…

We Are Community 163 Google says my peach trees have “brown rot” disease.  I think she is correct.  They also have Japanese beetles.   I have three white peach trees which were loaded with lovely nice sized white peaches with   a…