As the judge enters the courtroom, I can feel my pulse quicken and my throat tighten. My lungs feel like they are underwater and starving for air. …

My mood this morning is dark as my coffee. I look for comfort in the aroma wafting out of the cup, but it’s not there. It has been missing since I caught COVID-19 two months ago, or was it three. The thing missing the most from the year 2020 is…

As we often do on the weekends, my wife and I were browsing a local antique store. This weekend we were at Memory Lane Antiques in Ava, MO when we noticed this picture of a CCC Camp at Palace, MO. I walked away that day, not buying this picture, but…

A photograph is a glimpse at a specific moment in the past. A moment that will never occur again. A place that no one can ever go back to or change. I am fascinated by old photographs and those brief moments that they capture. The first time I looked at…

I love breakfast! There I said it. I have admitted my addiction. Breakfast is another one of those taboo things that I have had to give up as I get older. Not the meal itself, just the best parts of it. The eggs…fried, the hash browns browned in butter, the…

A few times a year I volunteer with The Missouri Department of Conservation to teach Hunter Education. I always enjoy the enthusiasm of the kids (and the adults) as we discuss and learn about the history of hunting and fishing in the Ozarks. For me this is a great time…

Last week while I was preoccupied with other projects and not paying attention, I once was again bitten by the “Genealogy Bug.” While not usually life-threatening, these bites can cause irritability, distraction, blurry vision (computer induced) and headaches. I also have reports from my wife that she has noticed a…