The Superior Express -

Memorial Day will soon be here. It is a day of remembering and honoring those that are no longer with us as we visit cemeteries and memorial statues. Flowers and flags are left at grave sites of soldiers and veterans who died, and at the grave sites...

It’s been a rule that I don’t start planting flowers until after Mother’s Day, so this week is like being at a traffic light and all of a sudden the light switches to green. You take off and there is no holding back. After looking at what’s missing...

Some may not remember the importance that May 8 has for this country, but hopefully some will remember and be ever so thankful. It was a different time for the United States of America 78 years ago. WWII had been going on since Sept. 1, 1939, with...

I admire those who are great in sewing and thread- creating talent. There are those who create such precious, colorful and well designed quilts. There are those who do beautiful crochet projects and some who can knit treasured creations. I have even...

Watching television has gotten complicated. The price of cable and satellite connections continues to go up so some people are looking for something good but at a better price. There are other choices that may be cheaper they say, that I don’t u...

So it’s a guessing time right now for farmers, ranchers and gardeners. It’s been mostly dry, lacking in rains, along with recent warmer temperatures and high winds. It’s time for farmers to begin to plant corn. Some have started planting and some...

There was a country western song a while back called “I was raised on Country Sunshine.” That’s the way I was raised. Born a country farm girl, I liked the simple things in life. The playgrounds were adventure trips down into the pasture, where there...

Easter will be celebrated Sunday. This whole week is filled with observing the days before the Savior’s Resurrection. There is the Passover, Lenten, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday, then the Sunrise Services and the Easter Celebration Services t...

It seems the last weekend of March and its weather is leading us towards an April Fools joke. The calendar tells us March 20 was the first day of Spring. We were ready for the weather to change from winter to spring. The green blades of wheat are...

Recently I saw a copy of the poem “Swing” by the writer, Robert Lewis Stevenson. It brought many thoughts and memories. I’m sure every mother has read this poem to her children and if not mothers need to. It goes like this--- How do you like to go...

Today’s youth do not remember having to use an “outhouse,” a “privy,” or “necessaries” as bathroom toilets. Today’s bathroom facilities are of course all indoors and designed for warmth, comfort and style. Today’s bathrooms have stools with self-...

Within six months, two aunts have left the Heskett family. Both will always be cherished but the one who recently died was for many of us nieces and nephews, like a mother we didn’t have with us anymore and someone we knew we could turn to. For m...

There are animals such as bears, chipmunks and groundhogs that hibernate throughout the winter in a warm, cozy spot. Some manage to store away food needed to eat throughout their stay. Like the migrating birds do to avoid the colder winter months,...

There is a saying “Behind every great man is a great woman.” I’m sure every farm wife in America would agree with that statement. Though the saying was made in the 19th century, it rings true in today’s society as well as long before the 19th ce...

The 2023 February calendar marks the 20th as Presidents’ Day. For several years this federal holiday has caused some confusion. What ever happened to Lincoln and Washington’s birthdays that used to be marked on the February calendars? For my gen...

For all those hunting for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift, there is less than a week to accomplish this task. What once began years and years ago as a simple, thoughtful card gifting, expressing one’s love and thoughts for others, has gotten blo...

They say snowflakes do not look alike. Recently our area received a lot of snow with some spots reporting 4” to to 10” making for a lot of snowflakes and a lot of needed moisture. The snow came down so perfectly and rare for this area. It was a slo...

Happy Birthday, Kansas, on your 162nd year! Proud to say that you are the only state I’ve ever lived in and wouldn’t change that for anything. Kansas is smack dab in the middle of the United States. Some say it’s boring driving through Kansas on th...

It seems like every day is named a special day of recognition. Sometimes the day observes several events. Monday was not only the celebration of Martin Luther King Day but somehow it is termed to be of all things, the most depressing day in January....

It may be called being “old school” in these times but many people my age have thoughts, wishes and memories that would be labeled “old school” by several of the younger generation. What happened with sending out hand written thank you cards when a...

I just finished watching the 133rd Tournament of Roses Parade on our wide screen television and, as usual, it didn’t disappoint me. I enjoy the bright colors and all the flowers and natural nuts, rice, grasses and plants incorporated into the floats....

Just when I got used to writing 2022, it is about to change and I’ll have to start remembering it is 2023. It seems the years keep coming and going faster and faster. I’ve been through the growing and prosperous years of the 1950s as America gre...

The stores are bursting with Christmas decorations, gifts and delicious holiday menu options. Whenever I walk into such a store, it takes control to remain on point with my Christmas shopping list in hand to find only the things needed. It is hard...

I’m finding fast as we age, our memory just isn’t like it used to be. It’s tempting when a person reads about all the pills that if taken can improve the memory. I never seem to follow through with purchasing them though. When I see some of the t...