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The Blessing of a Flush Toilet Sandy Jordan Church sounded like a raucous hen house, filled with bumble bees as everyone exclaimed, “human beings!” The crowd was large, full of pent up energy. Like my friend exclaimed, it was the first time in two weeks, she’d driven her car.” My car sat waiting for me to start it. My son had taken me to church as my yard shimmered in water. His Jeep could handle it. My son in-n-law had nearly buried his truck the day before. I felt like I needed the Beetle’s “Yellow Submarine.” The air was filled with blessings, thankfulness for the help of our adult children and the sheer joy of surviving the deep freeze. ....
The Missouri Compromise Sandy Jordan Compromising in the legislature is a lost art. People have forgotten how to lay aside their personal agendas for the good of the people. There is no compromising today. Without compromise, Missouri would not be celebrating this milestone we’ve reached. In 1803 The Louisiana Purchase was made by President Thomas Jefferson. Missouri was a part of Indiana until after the War of 1812. This state was ideal for growing hemp, this was the initial cash crop. Rope manufacturing was a thriving industry. Cotton came later, after the invention of the cotton gin. On February 13th, 1819 the bill for Missouri statehood was introduced. President Monroe was in power. His presidency was the era of Good Feelings and party “amalgamation . Definition of amalgamation: the action or process of uniting or merging two or more things. ....
The Crocus is Blooming Sandy Jordan The purple crocus is blooming. The Chiefs lost but it wasn’t that big a surprise. By the end of the first quarter you knew the die had been cast. Oh well, my son and I enjoyed Pizza and homemade cookies. I am finally finding my Cherokee center. Which simply means things are coming back into focus. Not perfect, but enough to allow waking-up in anticipation of an enjoyable day. One of the companies I dropped finally sent a refund. Like in the Wizard of Oz I went to the beauty collage and was fixed up like a shinny new penny. I no longer resembled the “Shaggy DA”. ....
Sandy Jordan When I read the words “Snake County” I found myself thumbing through the notes lodged in my brain. Nowhere had I heard McDonald County called that. I dug out the reference book my sister, George Pogue and two others had compiled back in 1999. “McDonald County Sesquicentennial Family Histories” I also searched the earliest history of the counties. There were two lines on the internet. A vague note from 1845. A group of migrants, headed for Texas, were growing tired of traveling. They came to a good place, agreeable to everyone. Here they settled. By the road was a sign that said Mexico, it pointed toward a trail. The town became Mexico, Missouri. ....