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Shryocks Callaway Farms Corn Maze

Guest post by Brie Romere
I hail from the 4th largest city in America, so it may seem strange for me to write about small town living. There’s more than meets the eye though.
I grew up with my father in Houston, but split my time with my mother who lives in rural East Texas. I always [...]

Missouri Arts Council StoryLine Short Story Competition

Even though I’ve moved to Colorado, I’ve remained subscribed to the Missouri Arts Council email marketing list. I like hearing about creative, artistic and cultural events in my home state, and MAC is good about providing regular updates.
When I saw this email from them today about the StoryLine Short Story Competition, the writer in me [...]

My First Piece of Mail in Colorado Springs

Because she’s awesome like that, my Mom made sure that I had a hand-made card in the mail my first week living in Colorado Springs. This wasn’t technically my very first piece of mail, but it was among the first pieces, and it made me smile.
My mom is a talented and semi-professional card maker and [...]

Dardenne Prairie Produce Market

Guest Post and Photos Contributed by Elisabeth Cutshall.
As a work at home Mom, I love to cook healthy meals for my family, but I also love convenience. This is why I absolutely LOVE shopping at the Dardenne Prairie Produce Market.
The market sits on the corner of Highway N, right outside of my lovely little community [...]

A Surprise at the Door

By Friday night of this week, I was almost entirely unpacked in my Colorado home. Seven days prior, I’d been en route to St. Louis for my going away party, where dozens of friends stopped by to wish me well. Now I was alone in Colorado Springs, feeling melancholy about what I’d left behind in Missouri [...]

#140Conf Small Town

Just as I finished backing the fully-packed, 14-foot moving truck into my parents’ rural Missouri driveway on Sunday afternoon, I received an email on the iPhone in my lap from Becky McCray, the subject line of which read, “Your speaker proposal is approved”.
Practically bouncing out of the moving truck in my excitement, I shared my good [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Last Day at Work

Sunrise at YMCA of the Ozarks, photo by MilliGFunk

Moving Away Playlist

I love music.
I’m moving away.
I’ll have 15+ hours in a U-Haul to listen to music while my loyal sidekick (Rosie) sleeps beside me.
I need music for the drive.
This is where you can help.
Leave me a comment with the song or songs that you think I need to have on my playlist for driving across Kansas, [...]

MilliGFunk Moves to Colorado

I’m nervous, excited and sad to share with you the news that my years of blogging from rural Missouri have come to an end. On August 21st, I’ll be leaving my one-room cabin in rural Missouri to begin a new phase in my life and my career in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
After nearly seven years of work [...]

Missouri Writers’ Guild Supports Joplin Libraries

I received the following call for submissions today from the Missouri Writers’ Guild via the Missouri Arts Council. The Guild is partnering with the Joplin Writers’ Guild to raise money to help buy books for Joplin school libraries damaged or destroyed by the May 22nd tornado.
If you are a Midwestern writer of fiction, nonfiction or poetry, this [...]