I first noticed Madison Woods, who calls herself a “nature farmer,” on Instagram, in her feed titled “Wild Ozark.” I felt drawn to her art – featuring watercolor plants and animals of the Ozarks – painted with pigments that she makes from rocks and plants that she finds in the Ozarks, near her home ...
Sheep’s Cave Crawl
Outdoor writers often refer to the “I was there” type story as a “Me and Joe” story. This is truly a “Me and Joe” story, except the Joe is a Jo and instead of the story being a “hook and bullet” type, it is the tale of a closet claustrophobe (me) going caving with a caver/geologist (Jo). Several ...
A Cooling Board and a Body Basket
This is the story of when my friend and I stumbled upon a museum exhibition, “Gone But Not Forgotten,” at the Gasconade County Historical Society Museum in Owensville, about 15 years ago. Some of the finds during this visit still interest me, so that's why I'm bringing this one, er, back to life. ...
Meet Robert U. Montgomery of ‘Who Let the Frogs Out’
I first became aware of Robert U. Montgomery when I received a press release regarding his book last year, the first in a series of children’s books, titled “Who Let the Bugs Out.”I’m delighted to see that he has added book #2 to the lineup, “Who Let the Frogs Out,”which is loosely based on his ...
More on Morel Hunting in the Ozarks
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 ...
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