I get giddy this time of year because I can get out into the Ozarks, enjoy springtime and all it brings – wild flowers, dogwoods and redbuds in blossom, turkeys gobbling and my favorite, morel mushrooms. I’ve already been out this spring, finding a few morel mushrooms here and there. Here’s more on ...
Two Visits to the Missouri State Penitentiary
In 2006, I wrote about the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City for a travel magazine – 2 years after it had closed in September 2004. In 2017, I went back to see what had been done to attract visitors to the historic site. During the initial visit in 2006, Charlie Ferrell, a maintenance ...
Viking River Cruise Day #12: Kinderdijk Windmills
On the last full day of our Viking River Cruise “Grand European Tour,” we arrived in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. The itinerary showed a trip to Kinderdijk, where 19 windmills have been built close together – closer than any other place in the world. It sits in the middle of Randstad, which is a ...
Elderberries in the Ozarks
A few years ago, I wrote a travel article for a magazine, Show Me Missouri, after visiting the Still National Osteopathic Museum in Kirksville, home of the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree, or D.O. While there, a museum guide told me that during the pandemic flu of 1918 to 1919, Kirksville ...
History Museum on the Square
More than a decade ago, I visited and wrote about Springfield’s History Museum for a travel magazine. At that time, you could find the place in old City Hall. Today, the vast collection of items and stories has made its way to the heart of Springfield, Missouri, in a new setting, but in old restored ...
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