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Gary Kuntz
Apr 30, 20212 min read
Story of the Month: They Don't Make'em Like That Today
by Gary Kuntz When I was teens and early 20’s I enjoyed working on my car. Unlike many of my contemporaries I wasn’t looking to maximize...
Jim Two Crows Wallen
Mar 31, 20214 min read
Story of the Month: Olive Boone
Told by Jim Two Crows Wallen “I was married on the 26th of September 1799. On the first of October, without any company but my husband, I...
Linda Kuntz
Feb 28, 20212 min read
Story of the Month: The Dutch Potato Project
After World War II, the people in the Netherlands faced the difficult challenge of rebuilding their lives. German occupation had damaged...
Thom Howard
Jan 31, 20211 min read
Story of the Month: The 32 Bartenders
Story by Thom Howard I play in a fiddle group called 32 Bartenders. Here’s a joke I wrote: A man walks into a bar and there are 32...
Joyce Slater
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Story of the Month: Mice
A long time ago some mice came to a very pretty house belonging to some cats. The cats were out hunting for food, so the mice went into...
Perin Stifel
Nov 30, 20201 min read
Story of the Month: A Treasure
by Perrin Stifel As I walk around the garden here at home this November, I am reminded that the blooms on our dogwood trees each April...
Joyce Slater
Oct 31, 20201 min read
Story of the Month: The Goatherd and the Goat
A Goatherd was one day gathering his flock to return to the fold, when one of his goats strayed and refused to join the rest. He tried...
Joyce Slater
Oct 31, 20201 min read
Story of the Month: The Fox & the Crow
Master raven, on a perched tree, Holds a cheese in his beak. Master fox, by the enticing smell, He held more or less this language: Hey...
Patricia Rose Ballard Coffie
Aug 31, 20207 min read
Story of the Month: 43 Pound Cat
by Patricia Rose Ballard Coffie My cousin, Kenny, lived with my Aunt and Uncle on their family farm. It was one of those general...
Margaret Read MacDonald
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Story of the Month: Not Our Problem
A story from Burma and Thailand retold by Margaret Read McDonald. Variants may be found in Burmese and Thai Fairy Tales by Eleanor...
Joyce Slater
Jun 30, 20201 min read
Story of the Month: The Wisest Son
Once upon a time an old man called his three sons into his room. He knew his life would end soon and he could not divide his house and...
Jim Two Crows Wallen
Apr 30, 20207 min read
Story of the Month: Caught in A Fog
by Jim Two Crows Wallen It was always a bone jarring experience when Granddad decided to go fishin on the Osage River. It was about an...
Jim Two Crows Wallen
Mar 31, 20202 min read
Story of the Month: Missouri Women in History — Phoebe Couzins
by Jim Two Crows Wallen Phoebe Couzins was the first woman to graduate Washington University Law School, St. Louis, the first woman to be...
Joyce Slater
Feb 29, 20202 min read
Story of the Month: The Time Thief
James kicked at the rocks, picked them up and threw them to the side of the field as he plowed his rocky field and grumbled, “It just...
Joyce Slater
Jan 31, 20201 min read
Story of the Month: A Love Story
Daniel Boone was out on a “fire hunt” one night with a friend. His friend had a torch and he a gun. They watched for eyes to shine and be...
Joyce Slater
Dec 31, 20192 min read
Story of the Month: The Cat and the Fox
It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought to herself: “He is clever and full of experience, and much esteemed...
Joyce Slater
Jun 1, 20191 min read
Story of the Month: Chelm Justice
It was terrible, it was horrible, it was a scandal. The town cobbler murdered one of his customers, was arrested, tried before a judge,...
Jim Two Crows Wallen
Apr 1, 20191 min read
Story of the Month: Unfair Competition
A group of friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to...
Joyce Slater
Mar 1, 20192 min read
Story of the Month: Kunterbunt
We were three brothers; two of us were silly, and neither of us had a bit of sense. We went to the bow-maker’s and bought three bows, two...
Joyce Slater
Feb 1, 20194 min read
Story of the Month: The Queen Bee
Two kings’ sons once upon a time went into the world to seek their fortunes; but they soon fell into a wasteful foolish way of living, so...