I first became aware of Robert U. Montgomery when I received a press release regarding his book last year, the first in a series of children’s books, titled “Who Let the Bugs Out.”I’m delighted to see that he has added book #2 to the lineup, “Who Let the Frogs Out,”which is loosely based on his ...
More on Morel Hunting in the Ozarks
I get giddy this time of year because I can get out into the Ozarks, enjoy springtime and all it brings – wild flowers, dogwoods and redbuds in blossom, turkeys gobbling and my favorite, morel mushrooms. I’ve already been out this spring, finding a few morel mushrooms here and there. Here’s more on ...
Two Visits to the Missouri State Penitentiary
In 2006, I wrote about the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City for a travel magazine – 2 years after it had closed in September 2004. In 2017, I went back to see what had been done to attract visitors to the historic site. During the initial visit in 2006, Charlie Ferrell, a maintenance ...
Viking River Cruise Day #12: Kinderdijk Windmills
On the last full day of our Viking River Cruise “Grand European Tour,” we arrived in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. The itinerary showed a trip to Kinderdijk, where 19 windmills have been built close together – closer than any other place in the world. It sits in the middle of Randstad, which is a ...
Elderberries in the Ozarks
A few years ago, I wrote a travel article for a magazine, Show Me Missouri, after visiting the Still National Osteopathic Museum in Kirksville, home of the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree, or D.O. While there, a museum guide told me that during the pandemic flu of 1918 to 1919, Kirksville ...
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