I know, I know. We looked shabby when we hauled our previously-owned canoe strapped down to the top of our 20-year-old Toyota 4x4 with the previously-rusty spots patched with the next-best color of spray paint. The homemade wooden bumper added a touch of class, too. But, hey, we were headed to the ...
Missouri’s Confederate Dead
To the victors go the spoils of war. To the losers go profound heartache. This fact is poignantly revealed by taking a trip to the Confederate Memorial State Historic Site, near Higginsville, Mo.After the Civil War, there remained issues yet unresolved. The border state of Missouri had suffered an ...
Dawt Mill Arts & Crafts Fair
Missouri really could be called the “Mill State,” since we have so many lovely old mills to visit. I checked out the Dawt Mill (near Tecumseh, Mo.) during its annual Arts & Crafts Fair recently.The history of the mill includes angst, bankruptcy, divorce, flooding and, of course, death. The ...
Missouri Turtles: Give ‘em a brake
I managed to avoid “squarshing” a turtle with my truck tire on a county road near my home recently, only to look in my rearview mirror and see the yahoo in the truck behind me purposely aim for the little critter. Another turtle became one with the chip-and-seal job on the road. People, we need to ...
Humanoids in a Cemetery
“Well, Barb, what do you think?” inquired Earline Turner. “Do you think these tombstones fit the description?” She gave me a serious look and waited for the answer. She wanted to know if these stone humanoids in a cemetery near Newburg, Mo., resembled some I'd described in an earlier column.I stood ...
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