Missouri | Missouri
Jun.25.2009
Summer Car Trips
Joy, it’s summertime. People are once again filling gas tanks and hitting the road. Despite high gas prices, one can still get from here to there without breaking the bank. And I do hope you take the back roads occasionally. The good stuff hides there. Little old people on porches...
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May.31.2009
Lazy River
FRIO RIVER IN GARNER STATE PARK
SETTING FOR NOVEL, JACK RABBIT MOON
LEAKEY, TEXAS
A river is never lazy. It pretends. Meandering through, glassy water primps...
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Jan.07.2009
The world is full of wonderful ways to add calories in interesting places. Here are my top six dining experiences of 2008.
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A $10 ticket buys all you can eat at the annual World Championship Chuck Wagon Roundup in Amarillo, Texas, where up to 40 teams cook outdoors over an open fire, using cast...
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Nov.24.2008
Driving over Donner Pass Friday morning, we saw: clear skies, sun glittering on an expanse of deep-blue lake, rushing streams lined with red and gold reeds resembling the fur of an unknown animal, polished stones like giant mushrooms, ribbons of snow tucked beneath their rims.
"I love...
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