by Tina Neeley | Nov 8, 2024 | Cover
ONCE FILLED with the rhythm of family, its memory-paneled walls stood patiently waiting, certain that life’s pause button would be released and the blaring silence would yield to a sweeter song. The bricked hearth longed to be called to duty, offering its solid...
by Tina Neeley | Oct 12, 2024 | Cover
AS STACY Johnson stands before students in his classes, he sees the earliest sparks of a desire to find their place among those who help us when we’re not able to help ourselves. As future emergency medical technicians (EMTs), first responders, and health care...
by Tina Neeley | Sep 13, 2024 | Cover
WITH HER tiny hand tucked inside his tan, weathered one, they walked purposefully past the colorful tents and silent carnival rides. The Earth’s aroma mingled with sweet hay. She couldn’t yet read the sign but recognized her destination. Being “farmer for a day” at...
by Tina Neeley | Aug 14, 2024 | Cover
AS THE late summer sun pressed down on the field, the clunk of helmets and the shrill blows from the coach’s whistle pushed against the hovering humidity. Tackle dummies fell back under the weight of grunting young athletes eager to test their abilities in the coming...
by Tina Neeley | Jul 18, 2024 | Cover
PERSISTENCE AND perseverance are brushstrokes on the canvas of Allie Heffington Isbell’s life. In her sunlit studio, Allie’s art, inspired by rural life, features Hereford, Longhorn, and Highland cows in floral fields. These pieces find homes as wall art, prints, and...
by Tina Neeley | Jun 15, 2024 | Cover
AS MEMORIAL Day begins, the first light of dawn casts a gentle golden glow over Lincoln Cemetery. Rows of headstones stand sentinel beneath the sprawling canopy of ancient trees, the weathered surfaces bearing silent witness to the passage of time. Here and there,...
