Shrinking Worlds III

 I said before it is a hard thing to watch a parent in decline. I’ve written twice before about the shrinking world of my mother as she ag...

  • Rails to Trails--Windsor MKT and Rock Island Line
     A few days ago I stayed overnight in the small town of Windsor, Missouri. I was there for a funeral and it was just a bit too far to go to ...
  • Blue Springs Milk Cartons
      The local news just reported that today, the Blue Spring, Missouri school district went on “lockdown” for fear of “shots fired.”   The Blu...
  • Willow Trees and Whip-Poor-Wills
       Some of my earliest coherent memories are of my grandparent's farm in southeast Missouri. It was located a few miles outside the smal...