“Hey lady, point your finger one more time and that’ll be yours!” said a guy next to me who noticed how my animated conversation with my pal at a country auction was attracting the attention of the auctioneer. (I think I was inadvertently bidding on a garden tiller. No problem – we could use ...
Museums of Missouri #4: The Vacuum Cleaner Museum in St. James
It’s not the stuff that museums are made of … it’s the stories associated with the stuff that make museums interesting. You will find plenty of stories associated with the main character—a vacuum cleaner—here at this unusual museum in St. James, Mo. Its curator, Tom Gasko, is the chief storyteller ...
Schofield+Gray Seasonal Market
Recently, I had the good opportunity to attend the Schofield+Gray Seasonal Market. What is this thing, you may ask? According to its Facebook page, "Schofield+Gray is a seasonal market full of furniture, antiques, vintage finds, great people, beautiful scenery, live music, and more." Much more, I'd ...
Missouri Place Names: Hatchee Creek and Dee Dee’s Bluff
Several people have mentioned to me how much fun it must be to travel and talk to people and visit places in the Ozarks like I do. I’m convinced that anyone can enjoy a day in the Ozarks by just getting out and watching and listening. You don’t need a press pass and notebook to get that ...
A Tribute to A Great Dad on Father’s Day: On Being a Coach’s Kid
Here's a tribute to a great dad, my dad, that I wrote a few years ago, and it still holds true. I am, by nature, competitive. It might be that I’m that way because I was first girl in a string of four girls—with six years separating oldest from youngest. Or I might be this way because my family ...
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