Mist on the Lakeby S.V. Farnsworth Hugging the curves of the scenic route through King Jack Park in my red Chrysler car, I hurried to convey my two girls to elementary school. They needed to be on time. I needed to see the lake.Late Autumn gray cloaked the overcast...

Everything we accomplish is because we tried, but what is it that you have done that took courage to try? I made a mistake once, well many mistakes in my lifetime, but one of them changed everything for me. I mentioned during a Joplin Writers' Guild meeting that I...