An eighth grade September field trip to the D.D. Collins House . . . "History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the...

Our Okra Is Special! The flower of an okra plant. Sarah Wilkerson, a master gardener and the secretary of the Friends of the D.D. Collins...

Conversations Around the Dinner Table It began with a photo of the dining room at the Collins House and thoughts of conversations the...

National Watermelon Day! "When one has tasted watermelon, he knows what the angels eat." ~Mark Twain Click image above to visit our...

Back in 1861, August was known as "cucumber time" ~ "In the last analysis, a pickle is a cucumber with experience." ~Irena Chalmers While...

Our volunteers will be away, to help others this Saturday . . . The competition will be keen on the downtown Collinsville scene . . ....

Open and shut long, long ago, These doors were lost then found, wouldn't you know? . . . Salvaged they were, way back when, by the...