Barbara Sisney Daniel

The happiest years of my life were spent raising my son. He was a happy child, full of adventure and curiosity. Any new word or statement was an experiment. He loved for me to read to him. When he started to school, we read the “Laura Ingalls Wilder” story and “Greek Mythology.” David was a…

Part 1– My journey into the unknown had just begun. It was getting late in the evening. Neighbors had come to help. My dad had taken a load of cattle to market at the Lebanon, Missouri stock yards. He was late getting home, and saw that I was still sick. One of the neighbors had…

Fruita, Colorado is a small, western town close to Grand Junction, Colorado. Fruita is famous for a plucky rooster that lost his head on the chopping block. A farmer and his wife were killing chickens to take to market. One of the roosters made this couple famous when he dodged the ax. He lost most…

By Barbara Sisney Daniel Fruita, Colorado is a small, western town close to Grand Junction, Colorado. Fruita is famous for a plucky rooster that lost his head on the chopping block. A farmer and his wife were killing chickens to take to market. One of the roosters made this couple famous when he dodged the…

It was August 10, 2018. A church van from Faith Chapel Assembly of God in Overland Park, Kansas, carried a group of young people, the Pastor and youth sponsor going south on Highway 13 to Branson, Missouri. Anticipating a fun-filled day, and anxious for excitement, when all of a sudden one of the back tires…

My name is Lacy. I am a little gray squirrel with a beautiful bushy tail, trimmed all around with a fringe of white hair. My belly is all white, and my ears have white tips on the top. I am smaller than other squirrels and love to play and look for nuts to eat. I…

November 1946, came warm and dry. The leaves left trees bare, covering the earth like a thick brown carpet. Thanksgiving was a few days away. And the season of the holiday, at time of peace and thankfulness for the family with loved ones returning from a long war. World War II left many vacant chairs…

Donna Blankenship lives in Alton, Missouri. She has a mixed breed of goat and is up to her ears in goat business. Her Savannas are the most interesting.  The Savannas were brought to the Jurgen Schulz farm in Lampasas, Texas. Schulz was the first breeder in the United States (1998). Savannas are from South Africa.…

The old lady sat in her rocking chair smoking a cob pipe as she watched her neighbors on their way to get their mail and trade in their cream and eggs for staple groceries at the country store. All of this was running past her mind, as she was puffing and rocking from her front…

Joe was a true patriotic, Vietnam  American soldier. He served from 1967 to 1968 in Vietnam. Later years, he started suffering from various illnesses due to Agent Orange. He died about two years ago with cancer and other complications. Agent Orange was a chemical used to spray the jungle foliage and to flush out the…