One of the things I learned very quickly about living in the Ozarks is that people keep secrets about where morel mushrooms grow. People are rather mad about their mushrooms here -- especially morels. Why, that outdoor writer named Larry Dablemont wrote he’d be more likely to lend his coon dog to ...
Folk Art and Second Summer Complaint
My aunt once told me, “Your family has a thing about going out to cemeteries. It’s morbid.” The older I get, the more I think she is right on one count and dead wrong on the other. Yes, I have a thing about sleuthing about in old cemeteries, especially searching for folk art, but this fascination ...
Debo McKinney Hates Otters and Loves Hardware
America suffers from the demise of the small town hardware store. Although there are those who would argue that Wal Mart and the home improvement chain stores employ more folks than Mom ‘n Pop stores do, they would have to agree that the atmosphere and sense of community that comes with small town ...
Lincoln on Lincoln at Lincoln
“All my life I’ve lived under the handicap of having people say, ‘You look like the homeliest man in Illinois,’” said Cranston “Bud” Green, an Abraham Lincoln presenter from Versailles, Mo. Green, who appeared in costume last February on the campus of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, spent ...
More Swinging Bridges in Miller County
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, ...
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