As St. Louis came into view on my flight home, the lush green and rolling hills triggered a pang of emotion inside me that I think I might feel for the rest of my life when I visit Missouri. I’d forgotten how brown Colorado is by comparison until coming back earlier this month to run [...]
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 For more than a year now, I’ve known I’ve wanted to expand my little family. After much planning and preparation, I finally took the plunge yesterday, giving my entry-level Fuji DSRL camera a strong and might new sibling; a Nikon [...] When you grow up in a small town, it’s sometimes tough to explain to the people you love why tragedies “back home” affect you the way they do. When I told my fiance that I’d received terrible news about someone from my hometown, his first question was about how close I was to the person [...] Guest Post by Jody McDowell Guest post by Brie Romere Little things that rock about early springtime in Small Town Missouri: I think it’s fair to say that the average person would assume life in Brooklyn to be far more thrilling and way more dangerous than life in a Missouri town of just over 2,500 people. On the average day in said tiny Missouri town, the average person’s assumption might be accurate. There’s always plenty to be thankful for, though lately I keep coming back to the same things; solid employment, great friends and loving family. This week I want to push myself to find grace in things that are specific to where I am at this specific point in my life; right now, this week, on [...] To date, I’ve not made public mention of my Missouri Bucket List; the list of things I’d like to do and places I’d like to see while I’m living in Missouri. Thursday was my last vacation day of the 2010 work year, and I spent the majority of it in Fredericktown, Missouri. After a visit to the family farm where I had a photo shoot for a story in a Missouri magazine about A Small Town Girl’s Guide and my family’s history here in Missouri, I [...] |
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