Madison County in Iowa has its covered bridges, made famous by James Wallers’ novel, “The Bridges of Madison County.” Miller County in Missouri lays claim to six swinging bridges. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri has only12 swinging suspension bridges left. In Miller County, ...
The Swinging Bridges of Miller County
“This would not be good place to take a little kid,” said my son as he gingerly stepped over huge holes in weathered boards on an old swinging suspension bridge. The bridge spans Auglaize Creek in Miller County, so it’s called the Auglaize Bridge. This was the first of Missouri's swinging bridges we ...
Ring Out the Bells
We lived in England for three glorious years in the early ’90s. Then the Air Force ordered us back to the Mojave Desert. When we left, you could see my heel marks from Primrose Lane at RAF Cranwell to Heathrow Airport in London. We returned to England last July, and checked to see if my heel marks ...
Christmas All Year Long for the Kinseys with Folk Art Santas
Mae and Guy Kinsey cannot help but think of Christmas all year long. The St. James couple spends hundreds of hours every year carving basswood pieces and painting them to create beautiful wooden, folk art Santas of various shapes and forms. The Kinseys’ living room bookshelves are filled with ...
Christmas Magic is Angelic Nail Polish and a Snaggle-Toothed Kid
You know how it can be this time of year. Run into the store, pick up a bauble or a red ribbon for that shotgun wreath thing that my daughter and I are going to make this week. (I can just picture it, we’ll be sitting there on the floor with hundreds of empty shot shells surrounding us, glue guns in ...
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