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Pokeweed is a native American, and what a lusty, royal plant it is! It never invades cultivated fields, but hovers about the borders and looks over the fences like a painted Indian sachem. Thoreau coveted its strong purple stalk for a cane, and the robins eat its dark crimson-juiced berries. ~...
This month has been the most plentiful for mushrooms that I’ve ever seen. I’ve picked over a dozen varieties, more than I have ever picked in the same year. I’ve seen so many chanterelles, which we talked about last week, and I can’t believe they are still producing! I’ve photographed several...
This issue marks the two-year anniversary of our ownership of Howell County News. When this goes to press, Ron and I will have published 100 papers.
When we first took the paper, I was fond of saying that I didn’t know much about news. I was a writer who bought a newspaper. It was my...
1 Samuel 3:1 ...Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce (Berean Study Bible).
Unfortunately, during the priesthood of blind Eli, God had stopped speaking from the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. Thus, denied the divine vision, the people perished...
This wet, stormy July has had its perks: a bumper crop of mushrooms! If you’ve been anywhere outside your yard, you’ve probably seen this bright yellow fungus, it’s cheery, flower-like face pushing up amongst dead leaves. There is an orange variety, called cinnabar, and there’s even a black...
Commonly called Heal-All or Self-heal, prunella vulgaris grows freely in fields and roadsides in our area. With a square stem, lavender flowers that look like a cluster of tiny orchids, and a delicate smell, Heal-all won’t be difficult to identify. It doesn’t get very tall, most of what I find...
There’s always something going on in Howell County if you know where to look. When my husband and I chose to make our home in the Ozarks five years ago, one of the biggest reasons why was how peaceful it seemed here compared to St. Louis. As the saying goes: in the city you ignore sirens and...
Revelation 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on...
No doubt you’ve seen this striking plant along roadsides, and perhaps wondered if it has any uses. Although it’s not something you’ll be serving at your next family dinner, its tremendous medicinal value combined with its easy availability makes it worth discussing in this column.
Easily...
Jeremiah 36:23 And when Judi (King Jehudi) had read three or four pages, he cut it with the penknife, and he cast it into the fire, that was upon the hearth, till all the volume was consumed with the fire that was on the hearth. (Douay-Rheims Bible)
Censorship has been around for a very long...