Where I revisit a summertime trip to Cape Girardeau ...Putt and swat. Wipe the sweat and swat. Putt some more . . . That was the sequence last summer while my family and I worked our way around what seemed like an endless trail of little mounds with garden gnomes at the local driving/goofy golf ...
Going to the Devil in Missouri
You can go to the Devil in Missouri in at least 80 places. From up high on a Devil’s Backbone to below the earth’s surface in the Devil’s Well, geological formations named after Lucifer abound. A former state geologist and University of Missouri-Rolla professor, the late Thomas R. Beveridge, ...
Memorial Day Remembrance: Josh Steele
My boys knew their boy. They were college fraternity brothers together. And then, the word came. Josh was gone. Killed by an IED in Afghanistan while serving in the Army. It is on this Memorial Day weekend that I think, especially, of Josh SteeleMy grown sons who had known Josh so well came back ...
Rules of the River for Fun Float Trips
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 ...
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