We Are Community 226 The Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stoneware convention is over for another year.  It was our 40th convention.  For several years we moved it around the state then a few years ago we settled on the…

We Are Community 225 Beautiful week.  The fall colors here are absolutely amazing.  I have to drive back around blocks just to take photos of trees decked out in beautiful fall colors.  My maples have started to turn but are…

We Are Community 224 Another Spoon River is in the books.  Have had an antique store for 42 years and think we did Spoon River the first year we opened.  We have always been in Smithfield but have been at…

We Are Community 223 There has been a lanky shot haired black kitty up town lately.  We I came in from Spoon River this evening, the kitty and Gary Groundhog were playing together behind Antiques II.  Have never seen this…