Mr. Webster tells us a keeper is someone or some thing suitable for keeping. Allow me to recall from the theater of my mind some things we keep.
You can take a late September hike through the foothills or be in the stadium when your favorite team gets the big win. You can be in the crow…
I’m pretty sure if you listen close enough you can still hear those cowboy boots walking in the halls of the Lee County Jail in the wee hours …
I married a man who loves MSU to the core. When he was in the eighth grade, Graham signed all of his school papers “John Bond.” He knew every …
There was nothing historic about several Friday nights back in the spring of 2006, but there was the magic of discovery. What started with “He…
In 2012, when I knew I was moving back home to Amory, I wondered what I would do with myself. It had been a long time since I’d been home, and…
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