Turnkey operation! Little House Buffet Near the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum in Mansfield, MO Located on the corner of Hwy 60 and Hwy 5, the Little House Buffet is just minutes away from the historic Laura Ingalss Wilder homestead. A…

1, 769 Acres with two executive homes! Spectacular property!               Main home is 5882 SQ Ft, Second home is 2300 SQ Ft, 1769 Acres, $4, 500, 000 Looking for that special retreat? This is it.  Serious inquires only, call me at 417-631-7234 for…

This week the Mansfield Mirror announced the availablity of free centennial calendars to help commemorate 100 years of journalism in Mansfield, Missouri. The Mirror plans to note the celebration with a special historical section this Spring…

In a conversation recently, someone shared they were having trouble with a little thing in email that unfortunately many of us with some experience take for granted. When, at our house, we were all embracing technology a few years ago, some moved…

Mansfield Home Center is the new name for the former Mansfield Building Supply. We are enjoying some creative, but classy new TV commercials for Mansfield Home Center on local (Springfield, MO) television. We are glad to see aggressive marketing of…

On Friday afternoon, November 9, veterans, citizens and school children met at the Mansfield, Missouri school for a program recognizing local veterans. Sixteen veterans in the Mansfield area were recognized with the package which includes a medal, a…

Boy, has it been hot! and Dry. We've had to do the necessary watering to keep things alive. Containers have a particulary tough time, but we manage to get them some sustaining water every day. Seems like the rainmaking here could have carried…

Have you seen that commercial asking you to have paperless billing and telling you how much a tree contributes to cleaner air? I'm hoping my abstract growing this year has done some too. I have a trellis that lost its roses (I am toxic to roses)…

Doing the 30 min a day thing and reading while I eat lunch have helped me work my way through two Anne Bronte books this spring/summer. The bigger collection is in one book with thin pages, like Bible paper. I'm not sure I want it in the peanut…

I have, for years, endured the row of turnips. I recommended they be considered a good plow-down for our heavy, clay soils, if they even germinated. The ones I had tried tasted like cabbage cores. As long as we had peanut butter and celery, someone…

My cousin's family came to our house for the 4th. We haven't been able, over the years to spend much time with her family, so we were really excited. RL got so wound up when I told him they were coming that he just had to leave the office…

janeAnne's comments and ideas this morning on her post to the Eco All Stars HORSE and HOME have given me inspiration to share how we do this on a small scale that can be adjusted to fit most any budget and fit most any land size. We have a…

janeAnne's comments and ideas this morning on her post to the Eco All Stars HORSE and HOME have given me inspiration to share how we do this on a small scale that can be adjusted to fit most any budget and fit most any land size. We have a…

A couple years ago DH and our grandson had a family compettion to grow a GIANT PUMPKIN. Neither one had much success, but they were kept busy all summer babying their pumpkins. The pumpkin at our house set off a volunteer vine that DH transplanted…

It was pretty frustrating to have to shift into neutral on Monday afternoon when the telephones and DSL went capoot for a couple hours. I called the telephone company to lodge a report/complaint. They seemed pretty sure it was ME and had me go…