Thanks to Gerald White who brought me milk weed plants.  I promptly planted them and have been watering them faithfully.  Hope they grow so that I can attract some Monarch butterflies.  Have mentioned that this time of virus closings…

  Today the weather was perfect.  I spent quite a bit of time  just enjoying the sun, trees, birds, flowers and it was  a pretty restful Sunday.  Yet a lot of our world was not enjoying the  weather or the…

  Plymouth Illinois needs a policeman.  For those of you who don’t know, Plymouth lies in west central Illinois.  We are a small town of approximately 500 people.  We have our own water supply, a sewer, an excellent school district,…

  Another interesting week.  I think the virus is hitting us all hard. Though I am fairly well educated, I remain way too trusting and naïve I guess.  Tuesday  I received a phone call asking if I deliver.  Had the…

  Our sympathy to the family of Raymond ”Tip” Kamm of Augusta who passed away on May 2nd.  Tip was a 1949 graduate of Plymouth High School. His sister Evelyn Kamm lived in Plymouth. Margaret Phillips, sister of Glenadene Webster,…

  Well there were a lot of firsts this week.  First fire fly on May 1st.  First two large butterflies on the same day.  Did not get close enough but think they were giant Swallowtails.  They were yellow and quite…

  Some time ago someone gave me a POW bracelet for Capt. William Butler 11-20-67.  I checked it on Google this week and found  that he came home after five and a half years as a POW.  Then I also…

  Just wow.  It is Sunday afternoon and the weather is perfect.  Not easy to say in a week that has seen several inches of snow, a freeze, rain and of course the virus!  I have a fairly large back…

  Today is Easter Sunday.  This is the most important yearly celebration  for Christians.  No matter what your life in this world is like, Easter promises us a better life after this one!  Churches have had to adapt, unless of…

  I wondered how the news media in Quincy learned about two large parties in the Quincy Area.  Then came the news that a third person had a positive test and he was in the hospital with the virus.  It…