Patty and the Cowboys
Patty and the Cowboys Roger convinced Bob to drive his truck and pull three horses in a trailer while accompanying him on a hunt for something Roger had been searching for off-and-on for about five…
Outdoors
Mary Had a Little…Ichthyosaur?
Mary Had a Little…Ichthyosaur? This week’s post is about somebody you’ll think you’ve never heard of. Actually, you’ve known about her your whole life, you just don’t know it. You probably first heard about her…
Sweetwater Days 08, Part 3
Sweetwater Days 08, Part 3 As I said in Part 2 of Sweetwater Days 08, I had cut down and reassembled the table a couple weeks earlier, but I hadn’t had time to shorten the…
Sweetwater Days 08, Part 1
Sweetwater Days 08, Part 1 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Three Rivers College had taken a lot of days off already this year, so Annie felt lucky that her place of employment was still…
Bliss? Really?
Bliss? Really? There is an old saying we’ve all heard. Mom said it more than once and my school teachers were wont to repeat it when one of us youngsters argued against their efforts to…
When it rains…
When it rains… As I sat down to write this week’s post, I turned over several ideas in my head. I thought about doing one called, “When it rains, it pours.” I thought of “Dear…
Billy and the Bigfoot
Billy and the Bigfoot My grandsons Richard and John were at Sweetwater with my son Bobby (Richard’s dad) and, of course, me. As far out in the woods as our camp is the sky grew…
Opossum? Oh, Possum!
Opossum? Oh, Possum! When I was a kid growing up in Swampeast, Missouri, there was a common cat-sized critter called a possum. I still remember my amazement when, in school, I learned about a creature…
Heart of Glass: Part 2
Heart of Glass: Part 2 At the end of last week’s post, I warned my readers that I was about to share something that would be hard to believe. You’ve been warned – it’s all…
Heart of Glass: Part 1
Heart of Glass: Part 1 As I have spoken of in other posts, sometimes humans survive horrible situations against amazing odds. Most recently I detailed the Canadian Mounties’ pursuit of Albert Johnson, “The Mad Trapper,”…