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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 [...] Happy Cinco de Mayo from rural Southeast Missouri, where the nearest quesidillas and margaritas are twelve miles away. On a recent trip to YMCA Trout Lodge in Potosi, Missouri, I had the pleasure of taking part in a Cowboy Campfire at the YMCA’s Triangle Y Ranch. Triangle Y Ranch has a mascot of sorts; a dummy named [...]
Small town Missouri simply doesn’t stop surprising me. On a recent visit to Washington State Park in DeSoto, Missouri, I learned that Missouri is home to 500-2,000-year-old petroglyphs created by Native Americans. Washington State Park is one of only two parks in Missouri that holds such carvings. The Missouri State Parks website says that the carvings were likely created at around 1,000 A.D.
I’m no expert on rock carvings or Native American history, so my perspective on these petroglyphs is 100% laymen; these things are rockin’. (I’m so clever, hehe). According to mostateparks.org, Washington State Park is home to the largest group of petroglyphs in Missouri, and Continue reading Washington State Park: Petroglyphs Tires screeching, I pulled a U-ey on State Highway C in Belgrade, Missouri this afternoon to get a photo of this sign. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but it’s not far from the truth. When I saw this sign, I immediately found a driveway in which to turn around. This small town landowner knows how to [...] In Southeast Missouri it’s uncommon to get fluffy white snowfall that lasts for days. Instead, it is a wintery mix of snow, sleet, ice and freezing rain that usually falls from Missouri skies in December, January and February. In the next forty-eight hours, Southern Missouri is anticipating the usually icy winter mix. In honor of Missouri winters, [...] A small town man who drives a great big Jeep has recently made repeat appearances in the life of this small town girl, and there’s little that’s more authentically Small Town Missouri than off-roading in jacked-up trucks. If small town life were like the Girl Scouts, this small town girl would be boasting a Jeepin’ badge after [...] Grassy Hollow, photo by smalltowngirl It seems that on every hike I take and in every new town I explore I find several lovely old churches to photograph. This Sunday’s church is Grassy Hollow Southern Baptist Church, located in Washington County, Missouri. Grassy Hollow Southern Baptist, photo by smalltowngirl Grassy Hollow is a quaint, white, frame church [...] Six months ago, my commute conisisted of a ten minute walk from my apartment to the DeKalb Ave. Q/B stop, where I’d board the subway, travel a few stops south, and walk another ten minutes through Brooklyn Botanic Garden and to my office there. My current commute is approximately 45 miles each direction, 30 of which are on [...] |
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