Chip and Joanna Gaines are returning to Fixer Upper as they build their new network.The series, which made the couple do-it-yourself celebrities...
Squeezing the most out of summer – especially this coronavirus summer – has often meant eating and entertaining outside, for those with the space...
Pigs ina Poke is a series of paintings by Duane Hammond, an Alton humorist and artist. To contact Hammond or purchase a painting, visit...
How can I have 65 head of cattle, four horses, a donkey, pigs, sheep, cats, and chickens – but no dog? It’s a fair question.There is nothing more...
At this time of year many people, not just gardeners, think about plants. Gardens are lush with flowers and ripening vegetables. Meadows, wetlands...
We were moving cattle into the holding pen to sort them when Kelsie, a 10-year-old Scottish Highlander cow, stopped, turned toward me, and looked...
The family thriller continues to be a formidable trend in mystery fiction. After all, everyone has a family in some way – good, bad or indifferent...