Personal Style: Life isn’t an interstate
Having a daughter who just graduated from high school, I, along with her and all the graduates and guests of graduates, listened to a week full of advice on what these young people can expect during this next phase of their lives. I’m hearing a lot about the importance of planning and preparation. Of course [...]
From Beauty Queen to Baby Mama: How to (not) be a good friend
By Rachel Joy Woolard, SEMO Times Columnist As I’ve traveled on through my short life, I have come across an obscene amount of people. People have run in and out of my life. People I called friends. Life changes, and that’s okay. I expect it to, as I don’t expect to still be kicking it [...]
Editorial: DAR’s bullying gets former employee fired
SEMO Times There’s a code word that’s thrown around the Daily American Republic newsroom when a reporter receives an assignment that has zero news value. FOD alert: short for Friend of Don. Any sort of editorial consistency is broken when it comes to DAR publisher Don Schrieber’s ever-shrinking inner circle. While he clearly follows his [...]
Personal Style: The mommy wars
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist Society’s views about motherhood and the role mothers should or shouldn’t play in their children’s lives is… well… schizophrenic. I think it’s always been that way. During different times of history, society has had widely varied ideas about who a mother should be. A hundred years ago, there was [...]
Healthy Lifestyles: Celebrate (your health depends on it)
By Kat Robinson, SEMO Times Columnist As many of you may have noticed, I have been out for a few weeks. I have been helping to plan and prepare for my daughter’s wedding. Lots and lots of work! No time to write or even to get inspired to write. My head has been a swirling [...]
Ask Joy: Husband says college is a waste
Dear Joy, I need some help. I dropped out of college when I was 19, when I was pregnant with my first born, and now that my kids are older, I want to go back to college to try and finish my degree. My husband thinks it is a waste of time and money. We [...]
The Rambler: Horse sense
By Gordon Johnston, SEMO Times Columnist The other night, one of the late night news shows (‘The Colbert Report,’ I think) had a story about how bologna is being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico. Some children were interviewed, one of whom said, “I don’t care where my bologna comes from.” Another kid said, “I [...]
Ask Joy: My child has started dating too young
Dear Joy, My middle school son has started dating, and I don’t have a good feeling about his girlfriend. She is a year older than him and she has an older sister who has gotten in trouble before, I think. Furthermore, my son’s new girlfriend used to hang out with older guys, who kind of [...]
Letter: Ashamed to be from Cookson’s district
To the editor: This letter is in response to the interview between Tim Krakowiak and Rep. Steve Cookson which was published in the April 30 and May 1 issues of the SEMO eTimes. I was shocked at the lack of preparation Rep. Cookson demonstrated in his misquotations (the line “The lady doth protest too much, [...]
Personal Style: Accelerate your style with accessories!
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist If you’re like me, every once in a while you look into your closet and think… “I’m tired of my clothes. Nothing here is exciting me.” Yeah… your relationship with your clothes is kind of like your relationship with your husband or boyfriend. It can get dull without shaking [...]
Main and Vine: You ever wonder what Cubans make fun of…
By Scott R. Faughn, Publisher American pundits take pleasure in making fun of other nations’ slipshod elections. And true to life, it is a little comical when Fidel Castro would poll at 99 percent of the vote, or when Kim Jung II would garner 100 percent of the North Korean electorate. Well of course the [...]
From Beauty Queen to Baby Mama: My wedding day, and other signs of the apocalypse
By Rachel Joy Woolard, SEMO Times Columnist It’s spring and love is in the freaking air. Really, as bitter as that sounds, I’m not. Every time I bat my day old mascara-clad eyelashes, it seems like someone else is getting engaged. I get a new announcement in the mail every week, and every weekend an [...]
Ask Joy: Homemaker vs. breadwinner
Dear Joy, I’m a brand new stay-at-home mom and my husband is the breadwinner in the family for the time. The newborn has caused a major strain in our relationship. The baby’s a few months old, and I can barely set her down. When my husband comes home from work, I need a small break [...]
Personal Style: Can feminists wear aprons?
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist Everyone who knows me knows one thing in particular about me. I love aprons. I love retro clothing. Apparently I’m not the only one. Both are becoming trends. There has been a lot of debate about what this trend says about society, and in particular what it says about [...]
Ask Joy: Never too old to meet your match
Dear Joy, I’ve been trying to figure out how an older guy can get out to meet people, and I keep coming up short. I’ve tried some local volunteer groups, but the age difference is always too much (one way or the other). I am too old for the bar scene to be a viable [...]
This week we report about the upcoming special election for the Poplar Bluff Public Library to collect an additional sales tax and replace its existing property tax; the Poplar Bluff Garden Club turns 75; Apron Liberation Day is today; and our Healthy Lifestyles expert is back, encouraging readers to celebrate!