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Missouri Winters

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 [...]

Jeepin’

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 [...]

Grassy Hollow Southern Baptist Church

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 is a quaint, white, frame church not far off of Missouri Highway 8 on Grassy Hollow Road. [...]

Portapoddy Commute

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 [...]