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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 [...] This morning I ran a 5K race in Festus, Missouri sponsored by an organization called Get Fit Festus. Festus is a town of just under 10,000 people. It’s located roughly an hour south of St. Louis in Jefferson County on Interstate 55. The Get Fit Festus race itself was enjoyable, despite incredible heat and humidity (even at [...] At the end of a family’s driveway on a stretch of rural highway in Washington County, Missouri is a square white sign that reads, “YOUR FORGIVEN” on one side and “THINK GOD” on the other. Immediately across the road, the neighbor flies a Confederate flag. Sometimes I intentionally take a different route home because I know that my emotional [...] What’s small town life without a porch to sit on when the summer days get longer and there are cold beer and good books to be consumed? When I lived in New York City, I’d sometimes slip, calling my front stoop a front porch. My friends there teased me relentlessly about it. This year, I decided [...] Amelia I’ve written in the past about Cuba, Missouri, a central Missouri town with a population that just tops 3,000 people. Cuba is home to the World’s Largest Rocking Chair, which I blogged about in the Summer of 2009. As a fledgling runner and an explorer of all things small town Missouri, I was ecstatic to [...] After four straight weeks of 6-day workweeks at my day job, I was due for an unplugged weekend. My boyfriend and I decided to escape into St. Joe State Park in Park Hills, Missouri to pitch our tent and hide in the woods for a day or two. St. Joe State Park is one of the only [...] Two weekends ago, my boyfriend invited me to join him and his friends in the pits of the I-55 Raceway near Pevely, Missouri. I could imagine few things I’d enjoy less than spending my Saturday night in the middle of a dusty, nasty, loud circle of dirt on which overly-testosteroned rednecks would be driving at ridiculous [...] I…am not…a morning person (insert sound effects of the snooze going off over and over and over and over again), so this is all I’ve got for you [...] I spent two consecutive days this week working in St. Louis, mostly at trade shows and networking with social media friends. On Wednesday I spend hours talking with working professionals about what my full-time organization could offer to them and their families, and later had a cup of coffee and great conversation with one of my favorite [...] |
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