A Great Surprise
As surprises go…sometimes there is a negative associated with a surprise. The past few trips to Missouri has had some surprises, the worst was our transmission going out on the way home, almost catching the Suburban on fire, etc… and oh…the $3,000 bill that one gets with a new transmission. You probably can understand that […]
The Trident 2013 8-Weight Challenge
I recently ran across a link on Twitter to an excellent article on the Trident Fly Fishing Company web site. I have to admit that if you had told me that I would rely upon or use Twitter as much as I currently do…well, you would have for sure got a very serious and delusional […]
Rainy Days and Sundays
The truth is that we could have been shoveling the several inches of rain that fell upon Lebanon, Missouri as the U.S. was ‘springing forward’ this past Saturday night; knowing that the area has been drought stricken for a couple years, I am going to give the situation a casual but cold look the other […]
5 Things To Do This Spring
As you sit and read this edition of the Journal….you may be thinking or preparing to head out for spring break; our schools will be on spring break from Saturday, March 9 through Friday, March 16. Vickie and I will be spending our time just west of Lebanon, Missouri…at Bennet Spring State Park. I have […]
Spring Dates And Things
As I sit here on February 19th, working on this column that will print next week … at the end of February, I have high hopes that winter may actually be behind us and spring is knocking on our door. In his famous book, A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold … he speaks of […]
A Mid-Winter Malaise
I don’t know about you, but I am a little tired of our current winter…that being said, I am glad that we are having a winter in comparison to the winter of 2011/2012 when we didn’t actually have much to complain about? Our current winter reminds me more of an old fashioned winter; seems like […]