Carolyn Gray Thornton

Middle Age Plus

Columns Archive

• What did you say? (7/6/18)
• Memories are fun (6/29/18)
• And it happened in Vernon County (6/22/18)
• Wheels of life (6/15/18)
• Traveling with Cuthbert (6/8/18)
• Living with other people’s ideas (6/1/18)
• Making choices (5/18/18)
• Picture this! (4/27/18)
• Has the newspaper come yet? (3/23/18)
• What a difference our dresses make (3/9/18)
• It’s a puzzlement (2/23/18)
• Children have always found something to play with (2/2/18)
• Snow activities (1/26/18)
• Memories of Great New Year fun celebrations (1/5/18)
• Sing a Song of Christmas (12/22/17)
• Remember Christmas without Scotch Tape? (12/15/17)
• Christmas cards time (12/8/17)
• Histories keep friendships alive (11/24/17)
• I’ve Got Mail! (11/17/17)
• Re-travelled trails (11/10/17)
• The phone is ringing (11/3/17)
• Morning at Morningside (10/6/17)
• Summertime (9/29/17)
• Aren’t they cute? (9/26/17)
• Points of interest vary (9/15/17)
• You’ve got mail (9/1/17)
• School bus service through the years (8/25/17)
• Whiling away the hours (8/18/17)
• Can Kindles replace books? (8/11/17)
• People who need people are indeed the luckiest (8/4/17)
• Lost in changed medical buildings (7/28/17)
• Goodbye July (7/21/17)
• Decisions, decisions! (7/14/17)
• Remembering the Browning family show (7/7/17)
• Additional thoughts (6/30/17)
• A log cabin beginning (6/23/17)
• What’s in that corner? (6/16/17)
• Are you guilty? (6/9/17)
• I’m bored (5/26/17)
• Free as a bird? (5/19/17)
• Aging thoughts (5/12/17)
• What’s in that corner? (5/5/17)
• Generations, how quickly they pass (4/28/17)
• Aren’t people nice? (4/21/17)
• Soft spots in the road (4/14/17)
• What’s up in Des Moines? (4/8/17)
• Bargains good for your sole (3/24/17)
• Slogans and night fears (3/17/17)
• Remembering Shank's Mare travels (3/10/17)
• Nevada Elks Lodge No. 564 -- More than a century of service (2/24/17)
• The death of the unknown woman in many clothes (2/10/17)
• Former food service director continues serving others (2/3/17)
• When it comes to tomatoes and melons, please pass the salt (1/27/17)
• Our aging population (1/20/17)
• Health foods and drinks create problems (1/13/17)
• Wringer to clothesline to ironing board (1/6/17)
• One is, but shouldn't be, the loneliest number (1/6/17)
• Radio Springs revisited (12/23/16)
• Snow memories (12/16/16)
• Where are they going? (11/18/16)
• It's easy to get all keyed-up these days (11/4/16)
• A Tribute to a Personal Hero (10/21/16)
• There are many things that divide us (10/14/16)
• Name Tags in Heaven? (10/7/16)
• Giving birth in the middle age plus years (9/30/16)
• Nevada preacher's kid tells us the way it was (9/16/16)
• Buy now! (9/2/16)
• Here's your hat! (8/26/16)
• Giving thanks to my older relatives (8/19/16)
• The responsibilities of greatness (8/12/16)
• Games, game shows and re-runs (8/5/16)
• Open here (7/29/16)
• Perks of being a caregiver (7/22/16)
• Lassie come home, please (7/15/16)
• Who decides (7/8/16)
• Hello Darlin' (7/1/16)
• Things have a way of piling up (6/24/16)
• Spring song (6/17/16)
• Visits to the past (6/10/16)
• Organization and me (6/3/16)
• When do you get all stressed out? (5/27/16)
• Having fun is contagious (5/20/16)
• Over easy or well done (5/13/16)
• Middle Age Plus Minus (5/6/16)
• The advantages of getting old (4/29/16)
• Have you noticed the newly restored sign on East Walnut? (4/22/16)
• This is a taxing time for everyone (4/16/16)
• To be read or said at Jenny's service (4/8/16)
• Large families increase opportunities as well as sorrows (4/1/16)
• Wheels make the world go round -- sometimes (3/25/16)
• When everything is Irish (3/18/16)
• A love story that began during World War II (3/11/16)
• Hometown conveniences for us (3/4/16)
• How long ago is 'long ago?' (2/26/16)
• 'Let's Make a Deal' (2/12/16)
• Election judges have important positions (2/5/16)
• A scientific study of the aging process (1/29/16)
• Thoughts after watching an old movie (1/22/16)
• Comparing last days -- then and now (1/15/16)
• How important is it anyway? (12/23/15)
• Follow the ball (12/18/15)
• When you want the news, raise some guineas, grow some gourds (12/11/15)
• Christmas gifts can be meaningful (12/4/15)
• What grandma used to tell us (11/27/15)
• All I want for Christmas... (11/21/15)
• Please share a moving experience with me (11/13/15)
• Historical year for family, organizations and nation (11/6/15)
• Wonderful medicines that cure our ailments (10/30/15)
• Unexpected pleasures abound (10/16/15)
• I helped with the war effort (10/9/15)
• Things you notice when you get old (10/2/15)
• September started off the fall season with a bang (9/25/15)
• Getting ready for the basement sale or How to put things off 'till next year (9/11/15)
• The telephone call is for you (9/4/15)
• Church by the Bronze Pond and Tennessee Ernie Ford (8/28/15)
• Home -- enjoying 'The Sounds of Silence' (8/21/15)
• It can't be August already (8/7/15)
• I'm just driven to write this (7/24/15)
• Things we learn with smart phones (7/17/15)
• What comes after the Fourth? (7/10/15)
• The Firecracker Lady of Buffalo (7/1/15)
• Seniors enjoy musical concerts together (6/26/15)
• Something doesn't smell right (6/19/15)
• Thanksgiving in June (6/12/15)
• Lester was already 90 and now I am 90 too (6/5/15)
• What do you want for supper? (5/29/15)
• Baby and me get along fine (5/22/15)
• Planning helps events go smoothly (5/15/15)
• Veteran's medical treatment near to us (5/8/15)
• Losses and gains sometimes equal progress (5/1/15)
• When is too much, too much? (4/24/15)
• Advice is good when it is followed correctly (4/17/15)
• It's someone else's responsibility now (4/10/15)
• Spring has sprung, the grass has riz (3/27/15)
• A long delayed letter (3/20/15)
• More than 100 years of memories to share (3/13/15)
• Neighbors you can depend on (3/6/15)
• Hard boiled eggs can be essential (2/27/15)
• Our diet is changing each decade (2/20/15)
• Technology provides companionship even when alone (2/13/15)
• Open here as directed (2/6/15)
• 'Come, stay the night with us' (1/30/15)
• Preacher's wives should know how to move easily (1/23/15)
• When does your personal 'way back then' start? (1/16/15)
• When did you start recycling your trash? (1/9/15)
• When young cousins get together -- then and now (1/2/15)
• We just had one and that was all we expected to have (12/26/14)
• There are only six more days (12/19/14)
• Making choices becomes harder with age (12/5/14)
• Football, basketball, figure skating, golf, car racing, or public television? (11/28/14)
• Friends and memories remain through the years (11/21/14)
• Does age affect your taste in food? (11/14/14)
• Procrastinate now -- don't put it off (11/7/14)
• Questions I keep asking in October (10/31/14)
• Going a step beyond middle age plus (10/24/14)
• 2014 has become a memorable year (10/17/14)
• Old time games for road trips (10/10/14)
• What are the best and worst things that were introduced in your lifetime? (10/3/14)
• Eleanor and Me (9/19/14)
• Leftovers define me (9/11/14)
• How I spent the Labor Day weekend holiday (9/4/14)
• Are the Dog Days of 2014 completed yet? (8/28/14)
• Anatomy lesson (8/22/14)
• Is Facebook taking the place of listening in on the party line? (8/14/14)
• I had a privileged childhood (8/8/14)
• Do not be late (7/31/14)
• Family and friends are very important (7/18/14)
• Company's coming! (7/11/14)
• George Graham, a true hero (7/2/14)
• The healthy initiative (6/27/14)
• Baby Ray has a dog (6/20/14)
• What's the weather like? (6/13/14)
• Remembering Doradee Kelso (6/4/14)
• Three letter words are what scare me (5/30/14)
• It seems to me I've heard that song before (5/23/14)
• Doctors come and go (5/16/14)
• Shopping pleasures (5/2/14)
• A relatively good Easter weekend (4/25/14)
• I'm out of style (3/7/14)
• Evolution of highways (2/28/14)
• What's In a Name? (2/14/14)
• Naps are for all ages (1/31/14)
• Cherished things we will never use (1/24/14)
• Changes come faster the older we become (1/17/14)
• Birdie on my window sill (1/10/14)
• Who decides (12/27/13)
• Don't litter our roads (12/20/13)
• Relatively speaking (12/6/13)
• When things don't work (11/28/13)
• Perks of being a caregiver (11/22/13)
• What a wonderful fall (11/15/13)
• Do you need a hug? (11/8/13)
• Swan song or last hurrah? (11/1/13)
• Don't air your dirty linen in public (10/25/13)
• Lassie come home, please (10/18/13)
• Neatness has its problems (10/11/13)
• Buy now! (10/4/13)
• Facing Facebook (9/20/13)
• Finding your place (9/13/13)
• Wisdom from the funny papers (9/6/13)
• I majored in English but ... (8/16/13)
• My wish happened (8/9/13)
• If only I had known (8/2/13)
• Wheat stubble (7/26/13)
• When in-law means in love (7/19/13)
• Concern for another can cure ills (7/12/13)
• Try it, you might like a different show (7/4/13)
• Write that down (6/21/13)
• Courtesies (6/14/13)
• It'll be all right (6/7/13)
• Turtle crossings (5/31/13)
• Co-grandparent loss (5/24/13)
• The cleaning lady (5/17/13)
• People we honor (5/10/13)
• 'Where everybody knows your name' (5/3/13)
• What do you say? (4/26/13)
• Tracing my thoughts (4/19/13)
• Obeying signs (4/12/13)
• Let's celebrate (4/5/13)
• Send me a wire (3/22/13)
• My legacy of Ts (3/8/13)
• The sandwich generation changes (2/22/13)
• History retold (2/14/13)
• Sharing my sister's moments (2/5/13)
• Fringe benefits from middle age plus (2/1/13)
• Dress for the occasion (1/23/13)
• Memories of a gifted friend (1/18/13)
• Games, game shows and re-runs (1/12/13)
• Resolution for 2013 (1/5/13)
• Are you eating a good diet? (12/27/12)
• You can't get there from here (12/20/12)
• Gifts that are remembered (12/13/12)
• Do you hear what I hear? (12/7/12)
• Senior Trip (11/21/12)
• Was my face red? (11/15/12)
• Great-grandson shoots nine point antlered doe on family farm (11/8/12)
• Where is my rocker? (11/1/12)
• The responsibilities of greatness (10/25/12)
• Waiting (10/18/12)
• Giving thanks to my older relatives (10/11/12)
• Outliving our parents (10/4/12)
• Memories come to life (9/27/12)
• Knowing the facts (9/20/12)
• Joyful moments (9/13/12)
• Would you swear to that? (9/6/12)
• Getting ready for the sale (8/30/12)
• I'm having a bad hair year (8/23/12)
• Comparing towns (8/16/12)
• Is a smidgen bigger than a dab? (8/9/12)
• Are you on camera? (8/2/12)
• All roads lead to home (7/26/12)
• Here's your hat! (7/19/12)
• I was treated like a dog! (7/12/12)
• Name tags in heaven? (7/4/12)
• Power of little things (6/28/12)
• What's in your attic? (6/21/12)
• A moment of silence (6/14/12)
• Carnival rides (6/7/12)
• Travel is educational (5/31/12)
• Do you have a hankie? (5/24/12)
• Decisions, decisions! (6/10/10)
• It's a good life (6/3/10)
• Is a memorial highway for you? (5/27/10)
• Beauty rest in your own bed (5/6/10)
• Sharing with house wrens (4/8/10)
• Ten mistakes (4/1/10)
• Laughs of the week (3/25/10)
• Don't forget to write! (3/4/10)
• Visits to the past (2/25/10)
• Memories of Bob Warren (2/18/10)
• What do you do when you drive alone? (2/11/10)
• I'm on a national register for geese (2/4/10)
• Generational opinions change (1/28/10)
• Hold it! (1/14/10)
• We are past the poetry side of snow (1/7/10)
• Good friends and neighbors are a blessing (12/31/09)
• Memories that leaked out (12/24/09)
• Friends and dinosaurs (12/10/09)
• Family ties (10/7/09)
• Maps To Where We Are Going (10/1/09)
• Exterminating problems (9/24/09)
• Stocking up on Memories (9/17/09)
• Fame Doesn't Always Jump Generations (9/10/09)
• Precautions against glu (9/3/09)
• Faceing Facebook (8/20/09)
• Huston revisited (8/6/09)
• Leftovers can cause problems (7/30/09)
• What we have here is a lack of communication (7/23/09)
• What is your question? (7/16/09)
• I had a good title for this, but I forgot it (6/25/09)
• Giving thanks (6/18/09)
• Memories about World War II (6/11/09)
• April showers came in May (5/21/09)
• I'll swear it's the truth (5/14/09)
• It's a secret (5/7/09)
• Is there a doctor in the house? (4/23/09)
• "De gustibus non disputandum est" (4/16/09)
• Were you an April Fool? (4/2/09)
• When the clock is striking nine (3/26/09)
• Budget blues (3/19/09)
• Middle age plus (3/12/09)
• March! (3/5/09)
• I want to hold your hand (2/26/09)
• Letters Mean a Lot (2/18/09)
• Friends for over 50 years (2/12/09)
• A winter cat tale (2/5/09)
• In the blink of an eye (1/31/09)
• What's in a name? (1/22/09)
• Celebrity contacts (1/15/09)
• Grab bars and slippery slopes (1/8/09)
• It's the thought that matters (12/23/08)
• Gonna sit right down and write my Christmas letter (12/18/08)
• Unsung heroes of Christmas pageants (12/11/08)
• Cats bring many things to a family (12/4/08)
• When it's ok to change positions (11/26/08)
• My brother, Harold (11/13/08)
• It's Hard To Be The New Kid on the Block (11/6/08)
• I've Got Your Number (10/30/08)
• This is the season for giving (10/23/08)
• Sister-in laws are wise (10/16/08)
• Keeping my mind sharp (10/9/08)
• I Approve of This Message (10/2/08)
• What Time Is It? (9/19/08)
• OUR COLORFUL AND CONFUSING LANGUAGE (9/11/08)
• This is not a Complaint (9/4/08)
• NRMC FRIENDLY AND CONVENIENT (8/28/08)
• Expiration Dates (8/14/08)
• Beauty Parlor Etiquette (8/7/08)
• Reader Appreciation Thoughts (7/31/08)
• What a difference a letter makes! (7/24/08)
• The more we get together (7/17/08)
• I Never Make Mistakes (7/10/08)
• Things you don't see much anymore (6/26/08)
• It's hard to say goodbye (6/5/08)
• Are you lonely? (5/29/08)
• I hope that pictures do lie (5/22/08)
• Family arguments (5/15/08)
• That's the way I remembered it (5/8/08)
• Thank goodness it's Monday! (5/1/08)
• Getting To Know You (4/17/08)
• Nighttime Thoughts (4/10/08)
• The power of seven (4/3/08)
• Sneeze along with me (3/20/08)
• Tribute to a great teacher (3/13/08)
• More words to the wise (3/13/08)
• Can you play with me? (3/6/08)
• 'A Word to the Wise' (2/28/08)
• Where have all the belts gone? (2/21/08)
• Apologies from a Bossy Person (2/14/08)
• That's what columns are made of (2/7/08)
• What a year it was! (1/24/08)
• Jungle Book Is Coming To Town (1/10/08)
• Middle age minus (1/3/08)
• There are joys in this in-between period (12/27/07)
• A magical town (12/20/07)
• The dark side of December (12/13/07)
• What's in a name? (12/6/07)
• I'm tired of learning new things (11/29/07)
• Sock it to me (11/23/07)
• Have you washed your hands? (11/15/07)
• Autumn has reached Middle Age Plus (11/1/07)
• Smiles is reactivated (10/31/07)
• What should we bring inside? (10/25/07)
• Now What Do I Do? (10/18/07)
• Yellow is beautiful (10/4/07)
• A world of miracles (9/27/07)
• A moving experience (7/19/07)
• Relatively wordy (7/12/07)
• Unfounded fears (6/28/07)
• Memories of Bushwhacker Days (6/21/07)
• I'm an Old Fogey, (6/14/07)
• The times keep changing (6/7/07)
• A step in the right direction (5/31/07)
• Is it rainy enough for you? (5/17/07)
• My annual goose story (5/10/07)
• My toys are over the hill (5/3/07)
• The drug problem (4/26/07)
• Laughter is Important (4/19/07)
• Spring has sprung (4/5/07)
• Now hear this! (3/22/07)
• Has our grammar went missing? (3/8/07)
• A Week That Was (3/1/07)
• Washington or Lincoln? (2/22/07)
• Always an Indian, never a chief (2/15/07)
• Heartaches (2/8/07)
• I've got a little list (1/25/07)
• Did someone say global warming? (1/18/07)
• Picture this (1/4/07)
• Christmas in a small town (12/21/06)
• Christmas cards and letters have hidden problems (12/14/06)
• Let it snow? (12/7/06)
• When do we eat? (11/30/06)
• Garfield can teach us a thing or two (11/16/06)
• Keeping on the Straight and Narrow (11/9/06)
• Bleacher Blues (11/2/06)
• It's a sweet task (10/26/06)
• Did you wash your hands? (10/19/06)
• Welcome to autumn in Missouri (10/12/06)
• Don't fall through the cracks (10/5/06)
• Would you like to see what I found? (9/28/06)
• Advertising doesn't cost, they say (9/21/06)
• SO? (9/14/06)
• Getting a cure for a big head (9/7/06)
• Memories Change With Our Age (8/31/06)
• Pleasant evenings can go astray (8/24/06)
• Nursing takes skill (8/17/06)
• It's a small world, even in Joplin (8/10/06)
• Thank you so much (8/3/06)
• It's The Little Things (7/27/06)
• July begins with a bang (7/13/06)
• Coming Home (7/6/06)
• Taking the wrong road (6/29/06)
• 'Make new friends but keep the old' (4/27/06)
• Middle Age Plus (11/4/04)
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• Middle Age Plus (10/7/04)
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• Middle Age Plus (9/10/04)
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• Middle Age Plus (8/30/04)
• Middle Age Plus (8/20/04)
• Middle Age Plus (8/13/04)
• Middle Age Plus (8/6/04)
• Middle Age Plus (7/29/04)
• Letters to the editor (7/29/04)
• Middle Age Plus (7/15/04)
• Middle Age Plus (7/1/04)
• Middle Age Plus (6/24/04)
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