As many of you know, I taught for twenty three years. Then I quit. I started teaching directly out of college and that had been my only job at that time. I loved teaching physics and advanced math but…
We Are Community for the week of November 9th, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
Our sympathy to the family and friends of Melba Grove of Augusta. She passed on November 5th. Dylan McCurdy of Plymouth lost his grandmother this week after just losing his grandfather. Our thoughts and prayers are with both of…
We Are Community for the week of November 2nd, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
By midweek, I usually have a good idea what I will write about in this column and am running phrases through my head. All of this week’s thoughts were changed at church this morning. Only you can judge whether…
We Are Community for the week of October 26th, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
Dylan McCurdy lost his grandfather this week. Please keep the family in your prayers. I read a book of Disciplines from the Upper Room group every morning. This week one of the readings was about “touch”. We touch for…
We Are Community for the week of October 19th, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
At some point in our lives we realize that we are mortal. For a child it may be the loss of a pet or a loved family member. As an adult we are too often reminded. Our community has…
We Are Community for the week of October 12th, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
October has been very lovely thus far. We have had many dry sunny days and the leaves are beautiful. The farmers are making great progress in getting the crops out of the fields. Hope you have been able to…
We Are Community for the week of October 5th, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
It is the first weekend in October and since we opened Plymouth Rock Antiques in 1982, I would normally be found in Smithfield set up on the Spoon River Drive. We have been at the ball park, down town and…
We Are Community for the week of September 28th, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
A lovely fall day greeted those friends and family of Gary Webster who gathered at the LaHarpe cemetery on Wednesday morning to say one final good bye. So sorry for the loss. There will be another empty chair at…
We Are Community for the week of September 21st, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
It has been a lovely week weatherwise so a lot has been accomplished outside. If you are like me, we tend to spend as much time in nature as possible. There are always weeds to pull, lawn to mow,…
We Are Community for the week of Sept. 14th, 2020, by Joyce Steiner
My Admiral Fitzroy Storm Glass is mostly full of thready, flaky crystals. I noticed this because it has been largely inactive for a while. According to the flyer with the storm glass this could mean windy weather, snow and…