Very interesting week here  in West Central Illinois.  Who would have thought that there would be a black bear sighting in the western portion of Illinois.  Yet there is one which is taking its time traveling south through our…

  It would seem that the third week of June is an eventful week.  We had the summer solstice which means the days now start getting shorter.  Ugh..  I’m definitely into these longer evenings when one can enjoy sitting on…

Since there are no meetings or many happenings in the Plymouth Area  am thinking that this is not a good title right now.  Perhaps “Sharing my Thoughts” or “ Musings with Joyce” might be more appropriate. Want to let you…

  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…