Opinion
Terry Held: Front porch fiction meets the college classroom
The start of school is here. It shifts our lives and gives us a longing for cooler mornings. Porch railings will soon wear a thin mist until the sun rises, and you can almost hear the first leaves tumbling down the street. ‘Tis the season for leg blankets, hot mulled cider, and a good read to savor in stolen, silent moments.
Kyle Troutman: Formative years on the field
I attend sporting events of all types through work, but on Saturday, I attended a volleyball game for a wholly personal reason — my daughter was playing. Youth sports played an incredibly large role in my life from the time I was 3. My dad pushed me into soccer, and I fell in love with it right from the get-go.
Rich Cummings: The sacredness of work
It has been said far too many times that if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life.
Kyle Troutman: A long time coming
When I got my first journalism job out of college, my stepmother was pushing me to pursue a Master’s in business.
TroutMom Says: Lake Superior edition, Part III — Juxtaposing healthy selfishness, appreciating home
Picking up where I left off from Part II of this series, once I saw the storm rolling in on the radar, I tied my tent down, gathered what I could, and tucked it under a tarp.
Janet Mills: When the branches break
Since living in Cassville, each morning, I have looked out my kitchen window and have been greeted by a gorgeous sprawling tree growing up from the center of my backyard.
William Hodgson: The path of wisdom
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7.
TroutMom Says: Lake Superior edition, Part II — Pushing through pain and fear
Picking up where I left off from Part I of this series, the next morning after my 10-mile hike as part of my solo camping trip in Munising, Mich,, I was thankfully much warmer, and after a very deep sleep, I dragged myself up and dressed for the day’s adventure — a full-day kayaking tour.
Rosario Keele: Thank you to all involved in quilt presentation
Thank you, Kyle Troutman and the Cassville Democrat newspaper, for covering the first time in Cassville, the Quilts of Valor of the Ozarks (QOVO) presentation at the Cassville Senior Center during the Independence Day Celebration.
Thoughts on TroutMan vs. TroutWoman
Two weeks ago, I lost an argument to my wife — and I have not been coerced in any way to make this statement.
