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Not quite a native Ripley Countian - she attended only her last year of high school in Doniphan though she taught in the R-1 system for 32 years - Teresa (Pearson) Lee delights in surprising readers and herself with anecdotal observations of life in general. Maybe you can blame her St.Louis roots for a quirky humor and some slightly-askewed opinions, but never doubt she writes from the heart.
Archives
- Small Town Appreciation (11/29/24)
- Feelin' Slightly Un-Groovy (11/29/24)
- Music as Medicine (11/29/24)
- Unpredictability (11/8/24)
- Seek and Share Joy and Love (10/29/24)
- Plan for Autumn Drives (10/29/24)
- Outsmarting Felines - Almost Impossible (10/29/24)
- Timely (10/29/24)
- No-Bake Vintage Pumpkin Pie Recipe (10/29/24)
- Mighty Sting, Mighty Purpose (10/10/24)
- Fishing Foibles (9/26/24)
- Happy Connections (9/26/24)
- Honoring Newspaper Carriers (9/26/24)
- Driving Impairs My Singing (8/28/24)
- Transitions Commence (8/23/24)
- Creamsicles (8/14/24)
- Indubitably (8/14/24)
- Crazy Quilts (8/14/24)
- Marching into Change (7/26/24)
- Burnout (7/24/24)
- Ice Cream and Daydeams (7/10/24)
- Pomp and Dazzle (7/3/24)
- The 'Instant' Paradox (6/29/24)
- A Party for Print! (6/20/24)
- The PN's 150th Birthday (6/20/24)
- Virtual Vibes (6/14/24)
- Growing Pains (6/7/24)
- An Old-fashioned Gidget? (5/24/24)
- "School's Out for Summer!" (5/15/24)
- Give Boredom a Chance (5/12/24)
- Trendsetting (5/6/24)
- Disgruntled? It's Personal. (4/25/24)
- Thank You to The Prospect-News (4/16/24)
- Creekside Reflections (4/12/24)
- Happy Eclipsing! Come Visit Again! (4/5/24)
- Shhh! Spring's Singing! (3/27/24)
- Blowing Smoke (3/22/24)
- Silly Syllables (3/14/24)
- Spring Symphonies (3/14/24)
- Checkin' Chickens (2/28/24)
- Greenhouse of Dreams (2/20/24)
- For Your Valentines (2/14/24)
- Imponderabilia (2/7/24)
- Have Fan, Will Sleep (2/1/24)
- Icy Awe (1/24/24)
- Wintry Preparations (1/17/24)
- Seed Catalogues (1/10/24)
- ANTICIPATING 2024 (12/27/23)
- Musical and Magical (12/25/23)
- Recalling Dr. Love (12/13/23)
- Word of the Year (12/4/23)
- 'Tis the Season... (11/28/23)
- Thanksgiving 2023 (11/22/23)
- November Nuisances (11/15/23)
- Gratitude and Action (11/9/23)
- National Authors Day (11/7/23)
- Stepping Stones (10/27/23)
- Porch Praise (10/18/23)
- DHS CLASS of 1970 (10/11/23)
- Current River Writers - Prompt for September 2023 (10/6/23)
- Current River Writers - Prompt for October 2023 (10/6/23)
- Current River Writers - Drabble for October 2023 (10/6/23)
- Current River Writers - Drabble for September 2023 (10/6/23)
- October Triggers (10/4/23)
- Myrt and Vester (10/4/23)
- Maintaining Human Connections (9/16/23)
- One Can Make a Difference (9/13/23)
- Collywobbles (9/5/23)
- Magic Moments (or A Serendipitous Epiphany) (8/30/23)
- There's Talent in These Hills (8/23/23)1
- A Book Review of "Evangelistic Seeds" by Author with Doniphan Connections (8/18/23)
- Serendipity (8/15/23)
- Current River Writers - Drabble for August 2023 (8/13/23)
- Current River Writers Prompt #3 (8/13/23)
- Current River Writers (8/9/23)
- Tsundoku (8/8/23)
- Dabbling (8/8/23)
- Intriguing Moments (7/28/23)
- I Scream for Ice Cream! (7/28/23)
- Writing Prompt #2 for Current River Writers (7/7/23)
- Writing Prompt #1 for Current River Writers (7/4/23)
- CURRENT RIVER WRITERS EMERGE (7/4/23)
- How Hot Can It Get? (7/4/23)
- A Birthday Milestone (7/4/23)
- A Skill to Develop (7/4/23)
- Early Memories of Plege of Allegiance (7/4/23)
- Adventures with Cousins (7/4/23)
- Anticipation (7/4/23)
- Love the Pack Rats (7/4/23)
- Mowing - A Core Challenge (7/4/23)
- The Piedmont Encounter (7/4/23)
- Garden Meditations and Hollyhocks (7/4/23)
- The AI Infiltration (7/3/23)
- A Walk on the Wild Side (7/3/23)
- Lifelines (7/3/23)
- JAR Moments (4/17/23)
- Brains and Change (3/22/23)
- The Lure of Awe (3/22/23)
- Ya Gotta Have 'Em! (3/10/23)
- Focusing on Frona (3/3/23)
- It's S.O.B. Month (Not What You Think) (2/25/23)
- The Only Church Lady Qualification (3 of 3) (2/15/23)
- (2nd column in series of 3) This Church Lady's Eyebrow (2/9/23)
- Church Ladies (First of 3) (2/1/23)
- That Time I Died So I Could Live by Pixie Sue Schmid (1/27/23)
- Zoning Out (1/27/23)
- Epiphany (1/27/23)
- Confoundng Contraptions Ahead? (1/3/23)
- ...___... (SOS) (12/31/22)
- Culinary Pitfalls (12/31/22)
- Twitches in Time (12/16/22)
- Mom's Ironing Meditation (12/16/22)
- My Solitary NY's Resolution (12/16/22)
- Holiday Time Capsules (12/16/22)
- The Four C's of Hunting (12/16/22)
- Chaos Never Dies Day - 11/9 (12/16/22)
- Missing Malted Milkshakes (12/16/22)
- Prone to Predicaments (12/16/22)
- Look Around (12/9/22)
- Frustrating Moments (10/15/22)
- Moldy Cheese Day (10/11/22)
- OVER-Thinking? (10/11/22)
- Some Things DO Change (10/11/22)
- Hilarity Highs (9/7/22)
- Herding Cats (9/7/22)
- Difference Makers 2022 (9/7/22)
- Flip that Switch! (9/7/22)
- Living Like the Jetsons (8/10/22)
- In Your Element (8/10/22)
- No AC? How Did We Survive? (7/29/22)
- Fob Folly (7/29/22)
- 100* in the Shade and No Shade (7/29/22)
- Watermelon and Ice Cream (7/29/22)
- This Wacky Wonderful Day (7/29/22)
- Celebrate Tell a Story Day (6/27/22)
- Through a Rosy Lens (6/27/22)
- FROGS (6/27/22)
- Wardrobe Alterations (6/27/22)
- 'Stop Doing' Lists (6/24/22)
- Legacy of Laughter (6/16/22)
- Iced Tea Season (6/16/22)
- Mama Cat Rules (6/16/22)
- Can't Have Summer without Current River (6/16/22)
- Current River Heritage Museum (6/16/22)
- A Traumatic Teen Tale (6/16/22)
- A New Science - The Study of Awe (6/16/22)
- Nostalgic Childhood Tale (6/14/22)
- FROG Mindset (4/21/22)
- What's In Your Closet? (4/13/22)
- Celebrate with a Walk in a Park! (4/5/22)
- Kicking Ideas Around (4/5/22)
- UN International Day of Happiness (4/5/22)
- It's THAT Time Again! (3/11/22)
- New Boots (3/4/22)
- Go Figure! (2/26/22)
- Beware of First Impressions (2/17/22)
- Happy Valentine's Day, Life! (2/12/22)
- Scentsations (2/3/22)
- Intelligence and Attitude (1/23/22)
- Dependability (1/14/22)
- Enthusiasm in 2022 (1/5/22)
- Sweet Christmas Memories (12/25/21)
- Little Old Ladies - LOL! (12/17/21)
- National Brownie Day - Dec 8 (12/10/21)
- Don't Rattle My Cage (12/4/21)
- The Joke's on Me (11/28/21)
- Thanksgiving Gratitude (11/26/21)
- Feline Philosophy (11/23/21)
- A Blank Slate (11/20/21)
- The Awe in Autumn (11/12/21)
- Deer Season 2021 (11/9/21)
- Celebrate! Fold a Towel. (11/9/21)
- Add a Third (10/29/21)
- Coffee Magic (10/21/21)
- Bootheel Roots and Food Preferences (10/14/21)
- Drive-In Dilemma (10/5/21)
- Rebooting Recommended (9/29/21)
- Berry - Caramel Conspiracy (9/22/21)
- Cats Rule (9/16/21)
- Parades! (9/8/21)
- It's STILL Summer! (9/5/21)
- Intriguing Trivia (8/27/21)
- Pretty Happy (8/22/21)
- Shoes and Gloves (8/20/21)
- Routines and Rituals (8/13/21)
- Staggering (7/29/21)
- July Picnics (7/24/21)
- Pandemonium (7/16/21)
- Shifting Focus (7/9/21)
- Another Year Dawns (7/1/21)
- Introspection Triggered by Music (6/30/21)
- The Case of the Disappearing Malls (6/24/21)
- A Daddy's Girl? (6/19/21)
- Do You Know These Flag Facts? (6/13/21)
- TEAMWORK- at VFW Post #3485 (6/9/21)
- Cool! (6/8/21)
- Longing for Lazy Summer Days (5/29/21)
- Flipping Over Lipstick (5/28/21)
- Avoiding Frenzy (5/28/21)
- For May 12 - Limerick Day (5/17/21)
- The Mother's Day Thief (5/5/21)
- Out with the old Harps, In with the New One (4/29/21)
- Changes Here to Stay (4/23/21)
- Frolicking Duo (4/17/21)
- Redbud Winter (4/9/21)
- Nighttime Battles (3/30/21)
- Forsythia Yellow (3/25/21)
- International Day of Happiness is March 20 (3/18/21)
- See-sawing Between Winter and Spring (3/9/21)
- The Letter 'C' (3/6/21)
- Spunky Old Broads (2/25/21)
- Wintertime Reveries (2/25/21)
- Family Trees (2/10/21)
- DIY'er to DIN'er (2/7/21)
- The January Effect (1/27/21)
- Coaching Attitudes (1/23/21)
- If's, And's or But's (1/14/21)
- Curiosities of 2020 (1/6/21)
- HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021! (12/29/20)
- Slow Reaction to Change (12/24/20)
- Self on the Shelf (12/24/20)
- Special Family Recipes - Anxiety Antidote (12/17/20)
- Anticipating the End of 2020 (12/5/20)
- Pandemic Improvisation (11/25/20)
- Updating Ripley County Veteran List (11/25/20)
- As I Ponder What Will Be (11/4/20)
- "Love Helps Those" by Paul Overstreet - Meandering thru Memories of '88 (10/28/20)
- Autumn Drives and Perspective Shifts (10/23/20)
- Celebrate October 17 (10/14/20)
- A Tribute to DaVinci (10/8/20)
- My New Love (9/27/20)
- Minding Rocks (9/16/20)
- Remedies and Memories (9/9/20)
- Onward and Upward (9/2/20)
- What will THEIR 'good ol'days' sound like? (8/26/20)
- Up in Smoke (8/19/20)
- The Week that Was (8/13/20)1
- Coping with Sizzling Summers (8/6/20)
- A Voting Legacy (7/29/20)
- Sunsets (7/21/20)
- More Strawberry Delights (7/16/20)
- Strawberry Delight (7/15/20)
- Corner Store Nostalgia (7/14/20)
- July 4th (7/1/20)
- Nyct...Huh? (6/24/20)
- Graduation 2020 Style (6/17/20)
- To Make Life Good Again (6/10/20)
- All is Wet (6/3/20)
- The Familiar vs The Uncertain (5/29/20)
- Change and the Brain (5/29/20)
- This Boomer's Summer Rap (5/25/20)
- Friend and Foe - Remembering 2017 (5/25/20)
- Grown Up Yet? (5/20/20)
- Appearances and Assumptions (5/13/20)
- The Yin and Yang of It (5/2/20)
- Battling the Gray-Sky Blues (4/29/20)
- A Time Sublime? (4/23/20)
- Pandemic Ponderings (4/15/20)
- Flip the Switch to a Happier You (4/11/20)
- Self-Isolation Revelations (4/7/20)
- SUNSHINE! (4/1/20)
- Turning Twenty (3/17/20)
- Turning Twenty (3/17/20)
- I Wonder... (3/12/20)
- Spring Dress Code (3/9/20)
- Daylight Confusion Time (3/8/20)
- Searching for a Support Group (3/4/20)
- Rude Awakenings (2/27/20)
- Meat from Feral Hogs Donated From Private Hunt (2/19/20)
- The Prodigal Cat (2/17/20)
- Because of Love (2/5/20)
- Whine or Shine on 02/02/2020? (2/1/20)
- Are You Guilty? (1/29/20)
- Who Comes Up With These Wacky Holidays? (1/15/20)
- Know Your Onions (1/15/20)
- Turning Twenty (1/2/20)
- The Day After Christmas (12/26/19)
- Christmas and the Faithful (12/24/19)
- Lament of Landline Decline (12/19/19)
- Thanksgiving Reflections (12/12/19)
- Tag! You're It! (12/11/19)
- Action Required (12/11/19)
- OK, Boomer (12/5/19)
- No Dressing, Thank You. (11/25/19)
- Deer Season Struggle (11/20/19)
- Make It or Lose It (11/12/19)
- My Favorite Goblin (10/31/19)
- Leaves and Laundry (10/29/19)
- Mind Matters (10/28/19)
- If I Could... (10/16/19)
- Teddy Bear Substitutes (10/8/19)
- Could I Run Out of Words? (10/5/19)
- Morning Canvas (10/2/19)
- Four Years Down the Road (9/26/19)
- Do You Know the Way? (9/20/19)
- Fingers Crossed (9/14/19)
- Septembers (9/9/19)
- The Ties that Bind Us (9/7/19)
- All in a Day's Work (9/5/19)
- A Tribute to a Friend (8/29/19)
- Senior Citizens Day (8/21/19)
- Fading Summertime Blues (8/20/19)
- 'Twixt Two Worlds (8/10/19)
- 'Maters (7/31/19)
- Thread the Needle Day - July 25 (7/25/19)
- Thinking Out Loud (7/21/19)
- Current Devotion (7/11/19)
- Two Birds With One Stone (7/7/19)
- Daddy's Girl (6/11/19)
- A Missing Link (5/29/19)
- Presence of Mind (5/22/19)
- Becoming my Mother (5/8/19)
- Pedal Pushers, Popsicles and Swimming Pools (5/1/19)
- Some Rain Will Fall (4/27/19)
- Columnists Have a Day! April 18 (4/19/19)
- A Perfectly Peelable Egg (4/18/19)
- Life Lines (4/16/19)
- Scratching an Itch (4/9/19)
- Never Have I Ever... (4/3/19)
- Spring Signs (3/25/19)
- Luny Tunes (3/20/19)
- Spring Fever (3/18/19)
- Daylight Confusion Time (3/10/19)
- Making Waves (3/4/19)
- Not Just Another Ripley County Sunset (2/24/19)
- Skies of Gray Make the World Seem Sadder (2/23/19)
- Hollyhock Haven (2/23/19)