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. ...
Living History Happened at the Lynch-Tweed Civil War Home Encampment
History is so much better when it’s “living.” Take, for example, the recent Lynch –Tweed Civil War Home Preservation Society’s Living History Event, held on Sat., May 20, onsite near Houston, Mo. I noticed an ad for it in the local newspaper, and frankly, it intrigued me – especially the part about ...
Leon Kridelbaugh is ‘The Chiseler’
It all started with an eyeball in a rock. “Eyes are hard to do,” stated Leon Kridelbaugh, talking about the first time he picked up a piece of dolomite and decided to try stone carving. Kridelbaugh, a retired forester who lives outside of Rolla, started his stone carving hobby/business 25 years ...
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