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Late summer can be a challenging time to garden. It is hot and humid, there is little rain, and yet every plant and weed seems to be going all out with fruit or flower. Gardens that started out neat and tidy may now have an overgrown jungle vibe. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and okra seem to need harvesting every other day and there is no such thing as too little zucchini. Deadheading never ends. The goal is to find a balance between work and pleasure in the garden. more
OK, let’s get it off our chests and let's kick the wine know-it-alls, experts, gurus, geeks and your nosey neighbor out of the way and openly and honestly talk about sweet wines. more
We joined the masses last week, attending “Barbenheimer,” the two movies that have made hundreds of millions of dollars in the past month. One of the two movies is an in-depth, interesting look at the man who created “The Bomb,” and the other is a fun-filled piece of pink cotton candy fluff with unexpected messages. more
As I write this, I’m listening to Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” and reflecting on the distinctions he evoked for each time of year. I stop to do the math and marvel that those beloved violin concertos were written more than 300 years ago already. more
It’s no secret that attending the Missouri State Fair is a tradition for many, so it’s fitting that this year’s theme is “Where Traditions Grow.” more
We are all aware of the wines and wine history of France, Spain, Germany and Italy, which extended back as far back as the first century AD. However, in the history of the world, they are newcomers. Don’t believe that? May I suggest that we turn to the Bible? After the “great flood,” Noah planted vines at the foot of Mount Ararat, which is at the border of today's Armenia and Turkey, so he could make wine (Genesis 9:20). more
My kids have been crazy lately. And not just regular crazy. more
In our nation today, there is a longing for the greener pastures of yesterday or the promises of a glorious future tomorrow. Many people my age look at the generation today and wonder what happened. How did things get so bad? Rascal Flatts describes this in their 2002 hit song, “I Miss Mayberry.” We all long for how life used to be because we think it was exponentially better. more
For as long as I’ve lived in Sedalia, there have been three key parts to the summer season: Memorial Day and the end of school signals that summer has arrived, our annual Fourth of July vacation in Michigan indicates we’re halfway through, and the Missouri State Fair and sorority recruitment means the season is coming to an end (even if the summer heat isn’t). Well, we’ve made it through Memorial Day, and somehow opening day of the Missouri State Fair was yesterday, but my normal midpoint marker shifted a little later this year. more
Wow! It doesn’t seem possible that this column, my last, is my 42nd; this means that I have been penning this column for three and a half years. more
When you woke up on Aug. 1, did you have any idea that it was the beginning of National Rosé Month? Since it is rosé month and I do write about wines, I guess I have to fall in line, but I believe that it would have been better if they had declared the auspicious event at the beginning of spring as an announcement and declaration that is the end of winter. more
Long ago and far away: In 1975, I was struggling to decide what to do with my future. I had no idea what I wanted “to be,” and so I lived at home, worked part-time for the Blue Springs Bank, and took additional music hours at Jewell. more
Be careful what you wish for and hope that your good deeds of the day do not come back to torment you in the night. Both of these sayings reflect what recently happened to me. more
Editor's note: OK, so I know last week I said I'd get back to regular column writing, but I'm going to take one more week-long hiatus. In my defense, I had been out of office for a few days to enjoy a family lake vacation, and I just ran out of time. But, here is a rerun of a light-hearted column I wrote last summer that apparently resonated with many of you. Although the destination is different, my boyfriend and I battled lake traffic again this week and we had all the same complaints, so this seems like a fitting fill-in column.  more
We live in a broken world made of broken systems filled with broken people. Since we have all sinned and come short of God’s glory, we all bring a certain amount of brokenness to the table. Broken people make broken marriages and broken families. Broken families make for broken communities and broken cultures. It wasn’t always this way. God’s original design was a world of peace and harmony without sin. Of course, to be perfect God had to give us a choice: to sin or not to sin. We all know the choice made. more
Meeting people where they are has its challenges. Each of us has different experiences in life that create a pattern of how we receive, process and react to certain situations. more
Hi! I’m back! Did you miss me? (Don’t answer that, it’s rhetorical.) more
For more than a century, wine aficionados around the world have argued, debated and pondered the question of whether the cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir wines were better before or after the “great wine blight.” more
I have often mentioned the “Great Wine Blight” of the late 1800s in my columns and I feel that some knowledge about the subject could enlighten the reader of a catastrophe, born in the state of Missouri, that might have resulted in the total demise of wine and wine grape growing as we know it today. more
This year is proving to be quite a challenge for gardening. Little rain, strong winds, and hot weather have all contributed to those challenges. Gardeners need a break or at least a few free plants. Free plants are possible if you choose wisely and welcome the volunteers. more
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