We recently pointed the big truck southward and headed to the Gulf Coast last summer. We loaded it with boogey boards, my teenage daughter’s entire flip-flop collection, a Gameboy, a thousand CDs, and other necessities. While traveling through our region, I decided to keep a record of some of the ...
Frog Gigging Part Deux — Taking a Meramec Mud Bath
“Mom, I’m getting another whiff of you,” complained my son, Alec, as he sat on the ice chest located in the middle of our canoe. I sat in the front of the canoe with trusty gig in hand, while my husband practiced the fine art of poling our craft into slews and other good froggy areas on the Meramec ...
Gigging on the Big Piney
Bill Cooper once told me, “There’s nothing like being on the river at night.” I found out just what he meant by that statement when he, my husband and I went for a frog gigging session on the Big Piney River near Duke a while back. With frog season nearing, I cannot help but think of the first time ...
The Ashley Jewish Homesteaders Cemetery
“Freedom.” That word kept going through my mind as I observed this small cemetery, located near Ashley, N.D. Formerly known as the Beth Itzchock (House of Isaac) Cemetery, and now called the Ashley Jewish Homesteaders Cemetery, this is the final resting place of farmers and their families from the ...
21 Things You Always See While Junking
Capt. Jacks and I have been junking since she was itty bitty. In fact, she probably went junking with me while in the womb. She is now all grown up and when I was in North Carolina visiting her recently, we decided to do one of our most favorite things in the world together. You guessed it: junking. ...
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