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 […]
My Valentine
OK guys…no pressure here but today is THE day, don’t mess this up; if you have a significant or special other, then I hope you have remembered that today is one of those days that you don’t want to miss! You know what I mean…Valentine’s Day is upon us…have you prepared? It is no secret […]
Bass Tourney For The Volleyball Team
Most of you, the readers of this column, will know that I am a teacher at Edgewood High School and also the volleyball coach; lots of hats and sometimes these hats cross each other…such is the case this upcoming June 15th, as the Edgewood Volleyball team is going to be putting on a bass tourney […]
Fishing in Missouri’s Wine Country
If wine is your ‘cup of tea’….then St. James, Missouri might just be a destination; I will add that not only is the famous winery located here at exit 195 on I-44 just west of St. Louis, but there is also some very good fishing. Meramec Spring Park is also just a few miles down […]