The stories in this book are from the author’s newspaper column, “The Way We Were . . . Personal Reflections on Life in the Ozarks,” published by the Howell County News, a weekly print and online newspaper in Willow Springs, Missouri.
Today we purged the majority of old printed samples we have kept in the basement for more than twenty years. Why did we purge? The shelves were full, and we needed space. Recently, we talked about how to manage those shelves. What should we do with all this material we had once thought was so…
After a busy afternoon, I went to the library to pick up a book on order. While I was looking around, I saw a special display with books about dogs. One children’s book caught my eye because I recognized the author, Mem Fox, and the illustrator, Mark Teague. I stopped to read their story, Cat Dog. It…
