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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
"I fit in this world now!" Jill's story (06/17/13) 2

Elixir of the gods?? (06/05/13) 2

My coffee dilemma (05/16/13) 2

Missouri flowers or weeds? (04/26/13) 7

Where in the world is Chechnya?? (04/25/13)

Historical society travels old Bloomfield Road (04/21/13) 2

"Jungle" book review (04/16/13) 1

The moose poop necklace (04/11/13) 4

Another goat story (03/26/13) 11

Mama loved to sing in the choir! (03/12/13) 4

Loving the Longest Bridge! (03/02/13) 3

Armadillos--go home! (02/14/13)

Greatest inventor of them all! (02/03/13)

Bloom where you're planted! (02/03/13) 2

Just what is a krenshaw?? (01/26/13) 4

Dispute continues over pythons (01/24/13) 1

Great "Python Challenge" continues! (01/22/13) 4

Chasing the Horned Toads of Memory (01/12/13) 2

Saving the swamps (01/08/13)

Crazy tourist sites (01/01/13)

Seen on the Road: A Teardrop Trailer? (12/29/12)

A Cat's Tale (12/21/12) 1

Troubled times in the classroom (12/15/12) 4

My Short Career as a Goat Herder (12/10/12) 1

Barbie rides again! (11/29/12) 2

Macy's Day Mahem--a rerun (11/22/12) 25

Twinkies on Ebay? (11/17/12) 2

Goodbye, sunshine! (11/13/12) 3

The Last Chicken (10/30/12) 2

Another town closed on Monday (10/29/12)

When a perm was five dollars (10/21/12) 3

Autumn in North Stoddard County (10/17/12) 3

Paul Corbin still sharp at 98 (10/03/12) 2

Much ado over "fossil" words (09/21/12) 5

Was it a Dream? (09/13/12) 3

Stompin' my own snakes! (09/05/12) 4

Fly be gone: On the road near Delta, Mo. (08/26/12) 3

Rev. Chad Farris saves historic church in Advance (08/22/12) 3

On the Road--where peach cobbler is a vegetable (08/18/12)

How to survive an outing with the grandchildren (08/02/12) 1

Wonders of the Past (07/22/12) 2

On the Road Oddities (06/30/12) 4

More flap over "Childhood Obesity" (06/19/12) 2

"One man's trash..... (05/29/12) 4

To heck with technology! (05/08/12) 5

Wow! Delta gets new variety store! (05/01/12) 2

Another crisis in the boon docks (04/26/12) 3

From Joplin, Mo. to Key West, Florida (04/24/12) 2

This is a Volkswagon?? (04/19/12) 9

Gotta buy me a Mercury... (04/15/12) 4

On the Road again... (04/14/12) 1

We'll go down to the crawdad hole... (04/01/12) 3

Another landmark bites the dust (03/24/12) 2

Lone boot seen on 60 (03/17/12) 4

Another tragic "improvement" for Bloomfield Road (03/10/12) 9

Seen on the road (02/28/12) 5

When good dogs go bad! (02/22/12) 6

Meet Mama Gator! (02/14/12) 4

Dragons do exist! (02/05/12) 14

Escaping the Sunshine State with my life (01/30/12) 6

Has she found the Fountain of Youth? (01/29/12) 3

Up Close and Impersonal with Newt (01/27/12) 8

Eatin' with the chickens! (01/22/12) 10

Former exchange student returns after 17 years (01/13/12) 1

Manatee Mania (01/09/12) 3

Rosie the Riveter (01/01/12) 1

There oughta be a law.... (12/28/11) 1

Steering Madeline through the 21st Century (12/19/11) 3

A home for the homeless (12/10/11) 5

Oh, yeah? We invented "Green," young man! (12/04/11) 5

20 Adult Truths (12/01/11) 2

The Military Brotherhood (11/30/11) 1

Down memory lane: Baby turkeys (11/26/11) 2

Who stole my hub caps??? (11/15/11) 7

Why do men spit??? (11/04/11) 5

Do you remember "Sneakernet"? (10/25/11) 7

Goodbye, Summer! (10/18/11) 3

Cell phones: Can't live without 'em! (10/16/11) 3

The dog ate my homework! (10/10/11) 3

Depressing thoughts on a beautiful day (10/06/11) 5

Crowley's Ridge Black Powder Club (10/04/11) 4

Persimmon Power! (09/27/11) 4

Facebook Hoax fools my friends! (09/26/11) 1

Bird warnings (09/22/11)

Bernie band tours local parades (09/20/11) 3

Bye Bye Birdie! (09/15/11) 3

Oh, the joy of living in the hills! (09/13/11) 8

Good clean church humor (09/04/11) 4

Another school dream (09/01/11) 3

Where is the Block Hole? (08/29/11) 2

Unexpected joys of growing old (08/22/11) 6

Dragonfly Days (08/20/11) 7

Grandma Diaries: What the heck is soccer?? (08/17/11) 6

The Grandma Diaries (08/13/11) 4

Families share memories on Facebook (08/09/11) 7

Ever see clouds like these?? (08/04/11) 4

My Raccoon Experience (08/02/11) 4

Not another armadillo! (07/26/11) 4

Bloomfield Road Massacre (07/25/11) 7

Abandoned stuff seen on the road (07/14/11) 2

Where is Friendship? (07/12/11) 6

Longest car in the World! (07/11/11) 3

Car shopping in cantaloupe country (07/09/11) 3

Wine country (07/06/11) 3

Red, white and blue! (07/03/11) 4

Small town surprises (07/02/11) 1

Reviving the Past (06/30/11) 3

Traveling the Avenue of the Saints (06/22/11)

Madeline gets new eyes: Update (06/03/11) 8

No 100-Mile Madness for me! (05/14/11) 5

Happy Mother's Day! (05/08/11) 1

Mother Nature--What are you thinking? (05/02/11) 2

Water woes (04/28/11) 9

Thank you, Semo Electric! (04/23/11) 2

Mystery plant (04/21/11) 2

See you at the races! (04/18/11) 2

On the Road to the Races (04/07/11) 5

Where is (was) Tilman, Missouri? (04/03/11) 3

Welcome to Goobertown (03/31/11) 4

On the Road Oddities: Part 2 (03/29/11) 13

Oddities on the Road (03/27/11) 3

Return to Pack Rat Alley (03/21/11) 3

Advance train station: Forgotten history? (03/14/11) 8

Is the Eastern cougar really extinct? (03/08/11) 4

When is an eyesore more than an eyesore? (03/08/11) 7

Quirky cafe is Captiva Island favorite (02/27/11) 3

Everglades Post Office is smallest in U,S. (02/22/11) 2

Alligator burgers: Do they really taste like chicken? (02/21/11) 3

A brief taste of island life (02/19/11)

Air Boat Ride (02/16/11) 2

On the Road again (02/15/11) 5

Milestones along the road of Life (02/11/11) 5

Huck Finn hits the skids (01/20/11) 15

Living on the Edge of Civilization (01/17/11) 6

Biggest Flea Market in Pollard, Arkansas (01/13/11) 6

Shoe pole madness (01/06/11) 8

Shelter (12/10/10) 11

My vision on Highway 60 (12/04/10) 3

Remembering the days of the drive-in theater (11/24/10) 21

Is there such a thing as "hunting ethics"? (11/16/10) 11

Living on the fringe (11/08/10) 11

Class of '60 hangs on another year! (10/26/10) 2

Prince of Cats survives Tillman Outback (10/09/10) 9

Another friend gone (09/18/10) 8

So? I wanted a pony first! (09/03/10) 8

Do you recognize this plant? (08/24/10) 9

Barbie never dies (07/06/10) 16

My Life with Tasmanian Devil Bees (06/03/10) 5

Days of wine and roses (05/16/10) 7

Growing up Country: Part III - Goat Tales (05/10/10) 14

Growing up Country: Part II (05/06/10) 10

Growing up Country (04/25/10) 23

Goin' phishing! (04/15/10) 2

You can't trust your own eyes! (04/12/10) 5

Don't trust your mouse! (04/06/10) 9

Digging up history (03/27/10) 15

Early medicine in North Stoddard County (03/16/10) 10

What a day for a bike ride! (03/09/10) 3

Who killed Meriwether Lewis? (02/27/10) 9

Traveling Highway 25 (02/20/10) 4

Welcome to the 21st Century! (02/17/10) 11

Where are you, Marshall Dillon? (02/12/10) 17

Studying the old Bloomfield Road (01/29/10) 14

Do you Facebook? (01/18/10) 36

What happens when you dilly-dally with Mother Nature? (01/12/10) 3

A Tillman Mystery (01/10/10) 4

Slow down and save a scenic road (12/21/09) 14

Traveling the back roads with Doc, Bill, and Bob (12/18/09) 8

Watch out for Yahoo email scam (12/15/09) 3

Don't forget your birds! (12/14/09) 1

Scammers work overtime during holidays (12/08/09) 7

notes from memphis on my mini (12/07/09) 11

Surviving hunting season (11/22/09) 5

Leggo my Eggo! (11/19/09) 7

The Siren Song of Technology (11/17/09) 6

Bucky grows up...and up...and up! (11/10/09) 8

When good houses go bad (11/04/09) 27

Colin Powell speaks in Springfield (10/28/09) 3

Where is our common sense? (10/19/09) 26

Some hummers still in area (10/10/09) 3

Traveling the Back Roads (10/06/09) 6

Can you identify this tree? (09/27/09) 8

Monday morning musings (09/25/09) 5

The Tale of Mr. Sweet Potato Head (09/23/09) 3

"Happy Days" Part 2: The CAR! (09/13/09) 38

The Return of Laverne and Shirley! (09/11/09) 19

Gotta love a small town parade! (09/08/09) 25

Kids say the Darndest Things! (09/03/09) 3

Civil War interests Stoddard Countians (08/19/09) 10

Tiny Vampires of the Night (08/19/09) 3

Another "Men are from Mars" moment (08/10/09) 27

Book published in 1948 continues to be relevant (08/05/09) 16

Internet lets unwelcome visitors into my home (07/28/09) 7

Lessons from the Cat (07/23/09) 11

Remembering the Moon Walk (07/19/09) 16

Can't we just take a pill? (07/14/09) 16

French tourists labeled "rude" (07/11/09) 19

Cuppa Joe? (07/07/09) 13

Michael Jackson scams - Already?? (06/30/09) 11

Yellow cat Renovation Project #1 (06/25/09) 9

Thoughts on Father's Day (06/21/09) 6

The "Big Switch" (06/18/09) 13

Best laid plans of Mice and Men... (06/16/09) 4

On the road again (06/08/09) 5

Breaking a dry spell (05/27/09) 5

As good as it gets (05/11/09) 12

Life in the Twilight Zone (05/07/09) 11

Another email scam (05/04/09) 9

Stuck in the Middle! (04/22/09) 14

Killer wisteria! (04/19/09) 24

Crying the New Puppy Blues (04/15/09) 12

Monkeying around (04/02/09) 14

Understanding Engineers 101 (03/26/09) 10

Another adventure in Memphis (03/21/09) 22

Dear Uncle Peter in Benin (03/19/09) 39

Mystery solved! (03/12/09) 11

Can you solve this mystery? (03/01/09) 30

Historic bridges of Missouri (02/24/09) 46

Favorite Getaways! (02/18/09) 48

The "r" mystery (02/08/09) 62

Thank you, Semo Electric! (02/04/09) 6

Got power? (02/01/09) 72

Old thinking for a new year (01/23/09) 18

History in the making (01/20/09) 62

Mensa Word Originals (01/13/09) 32

2008 Banished Word List (01/02/09) 74

Life in a Small Town (12/16/08) 54

Looking back at the Great Depression (12/08/08) 107

Obama's grammar stirs controversy (11/21/08) 109

Big Brother's Catch 22 (11/16/08) 23

Treadmill Trauma (11/16/08) 14

Everything old is new again! (11/11/08) 7

My Life with a cat burglar (11/08/08) 6

Never thought I'd do this again! (10/31/08) 9

Dancing with the Stars! (10/29/08) 3

Traveling the back roads of Stoddard County (10/26/08) 19

Local women protest Minnie O'Pausal's imprisonment (10/17/08) 42

Cranky old English teacher pet peeves (10/15/08) 46

Here we go again! (10/07/08) 98

Who won??? (10/02/08) 47

Van Buren Get-Away (10/02/08) 9

Palin Mania wearing thin? (09/28/08) 37

Goodbye, Hummers! (09/25/08) 21

Looking back to 1917 (09/23/08) 25

Palin: Pit Bull or Victim? (09/17/08) 88

Palin Portfolio: Hot or Not? (09/11/08) 13

The Palin Portfolio: Take 2 (09/10/08) 11

Miss Alaska 1984? (09/09/08) 5

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (09/07/08) 20

Care for a scorpion on a stick? (08/26/08) 26

A Little Help from my Friends (08/23/08) 20

Patsy the House Goat (08/18/08) 30

Blue Skies for the Olympics (08/08/08) 44

The Goat Chronicles: A Difference of Opinion (08/03/08) 24

The Goat Chronicles (07/31/08) 6

Conspiracy theories keep journalist awake at night (07/31/08) 29

Mother was right -- again!! (07/29/08) 18

Blackberry summer (07/23/08) 24

The Cinderella Syndrome (07/21/08) 14

Tomato Tragedy (07/19/08) 47

Famous mental hospital to be torn down (07/17/08) 16

Did the New Yorker go too far? (07/14/08) 38

More problems for Obama? (07/10/08) 67

When complaints fall on deaf ears (07/02/08) 13

"Gas Tax Holiday:" Good idea? (07/01/08) 19

Hula Hoop turns 50 (06/28/08) 15

Time traveling in Old St. Charles (06/24/08) 6

A unique look back at the gas issue (06/17/08) 43

Greasy kid stuff? (06/13/08) 9

Breaking news: Grey Panthers kidnap noted journalist (06/10/08) 9

Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my! (06/03/08) 13

Honeysuckle Summer (06/01/08) 10

Holy MoDot! Have you been to Van Buren lately? (05/27/08) 21

Okay, where do we complain? (05/20/08) 38

Email Idiocy (05/17/08) 10

Gas stories from the Past (05/14/08) 12

Mother's Day Memories (05/11/08) 13

Bad TV Night (05/07/08) 20

Birdwatching 101 (05/04/08) 29

What a difference 10 years makes... (04/30/08) 20

Page 2 - the rest of the story (04/29/08) 8

Ah, Spring! Where have you been? (04/24/08) 25

Did you feel it? (04/18/08) 11

Thoughts at 3 a.m. (04/02/08) 18

Another levee breaks (03/22/08) 9

Dinosaur Day (03/15/08) 23

More Memories (03/11/08) 16

Memphis Blues (03/04/08) 81

What is your Real Age? (02/22/08) 5

ICE bound! (02/12/08) 12

Alaska memories: Nome (01/27/08) 9

Is winter a "man thing"? (01/22/08) 11

When is an improvement not an improvement? (01/14/08) 11

Plot or not? (01/05/08) 18

Tupperware Trauma (12/25/07) 31

Bush goat meets bush hog (12/12/07) 8

Sad times in education (12/03/07) 36

Closet Cleaning 101 (11/28/07) 17

The Widow's Goat Guard (11/20/07) 15

Life in a Small Town (11/11/07) 18

Gas Depression Blues (11/07/07) 23

The Great Halloween Hoax (10/28/07) 9

English with the bark on it (10/24/07) 12

Bloom where you're planted! (10/21/07) 19

Life on the Funny Farm (10/02/07) 8

Have you seen Big Springs lately? (09/26/07) 19

The Kudzu Caper (09/20/07) 17

The Vine that ate the South (09/08/07) 24

Snakes Alive!! (08/29/07) 14

My Jungle Adventure, Missouri style (08/27/07) 15

The Catalog Conspiracy (08/22/07) 13

What's in a name? (08/19/07) 12

Places I'd rather be....... (08/16/07) 22

There and back: A Blogger's Tale (08/13/07) 18

Heat rage! (08/08/07) 21

He Man meets Inspector Gadget (08/05/07) 8

Mastiffs thought to have killed caretaker (08/04/07) 6

Life is too short (08/03/07) 8

Mystery creature prowls Advance (07/31/07) 17

How do we choose a mate? (07/29/07) 13

Do cats have a sixth sense? (07/27/07) 12

Essex pups up for adoption (07/26/07) 2

Cruel isn't Cool: Illegal dogfighting is still around (07/22/07) 13

Essex pups to be at Petco this Sunday (07/18/07) 10

From Fairbanks to Advance: How did it happen? (07/18/07) 7

Blog on! (07/16/07) 6

Cell phone Mania (07/14/07) 9

Who lives in Avert? (07/12/07) 9

From Madeline (07/11/07) 5

Are there mountain lions in Advance? (07/07/07) 10

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Madeline DeJournett is the Advance writer for the North Stoddard Countian. A retired high school English/history teacher, she spent 32 years teaching in 5 schools in Missouri and Alaska. These days, she lives quietly with a menagerie of wild and domestic animals on 52 secluded acres in the remote Tillman hills south of Advance. She can be contacted at advancensc@sbcglobal.net or by phone at 573-722-5322.
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