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Stained Glass Cross, photo by MilliGFunk Photography Each time I drive through Coffman, Missouri to visit Crown Valley Winery, Chaumette Winery, or Charleville Winery, I pass a small white frame church that sits on a humble little Ste. Genevieve County hill. There’s not been a time that I’ve driven past this church that I haven’t noted [...] When it comes to public art and bicycles, New York City and small town Missouri seem to have a shared interest. Somewhere on the Lower East Side of Manhattan sits – for lack of a better description – a bicycle in a sweater. I wonder if someone knitted the bike at home and then brought it outside [...] If you’ll recall, I visited a rural Missouri blueberry farm this summer, picking approximately three pounds of blueberries. Once I got the blueberries home, I realize that three pounds was far more than I could eat in the few days of shelf life the berries would manage. I baked muffins and cupcakes, I ate raw blueberries, [...] Bicycle, photo by MilliGFunk Photography This classic Schwinn was for sale, helmet included, for around $125 in downtown Ste. Genevieve, Missouri during the town’s annual Jour de Fete celebration. *** More bike-related posts: St. Joe State Park Bicycle Trail Tour de Missouri Tour de Missouri Art Bikes Castlewood State Park – [...] Driving through Mount Rainier National Forest We spent significant vacation time driving. We drove to, up and around Mount Rainier. We continued on to Leavenworth. We drove from there to Snohomish and then on to the far western side of the Olympic Peninsula. We drove nearly 900 miles last week, and most of our driving was [...] Bauhaus Kaffee – Farmington, MO. Photo by smalltowngirl A phone call woke me up too early on this warm Missouri Saturday morning. When the call ended, I couldn’t fall back asleep, so I found my way to my laptop and logged into twitter to pose the question, ”What’s your favorite thing about Saturdays?” Because most of the responses I [...] As I drove into the small, hilly town of Desoto Missouri for their Saturday farmers market in June, I noticed an immaculately-renovated historic Texaco filling station. The pump at the station indicates that gas is just $0.42 per gallon. Later that day in 2010, in another small Missouri town, gas was $2.49 per gallon. I was never very good [...] Knob Lick, Missouri is a tiny unincorporated community in St. Francois County Missouri between Farmington and Fredericktown. The thing the town is best known for is Knob Lick Tower, an old Missouri Conservation Department fire-watch tower that teenagers like to climb late at night. The Daily Journal is the primary newspaper in the area. This Daily Journal [...] You’ve probably been dying to read about my new hobby. Ever since you saw my post earlier this week about life in Missouri being good, you’ve had trouble sleeping. You’ve tossed and turned in anticipation, wondering what this small town girl’s up to in her free time. You’ve been reprimanded by your supervisor for compulsively checking A Small [...] I just have to tell you how great small town Missouri life has been to me in 2010, and by telling you about all of this, I think you’ll understand why I’ve been posting less often on A Small Town Girl’s Guide – I’ve been out doing so many things this year that it’s hard [...] |
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