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She’s an angry, vengeful river–that’s what I’ve always heard. Dangerous as all get-out!
The Missouri’s full of logs, barges, and monstrous jumping carp…not to mention the mangled bodies of foolhardy fishermen, of course. “A heck of a gal!” say the Old Timers. “She’s got a mean streak in her. You’ll stay away from her if you’ve [...]

At the ol’ home place, it’s always the same. Every time the kinfolk come to visit, the placard goes up at the front door. “Grand Central Station”, it says. The sign takes its rightful place long before the swirling dust on the road announces the relatives’ arrival.
They are a rowdy bunch—appearing at [...]

Ah me!
This is definitely scary.  Here I am on some kind of geek site that I don’t know anything about.  I’m not even sure what a Geek is…
It’s my daughter’s fault that I’m here.   Karissa just won’t let her countrified Mama stay countrified.
But I am grateful to her, of course.  Without her, I’d still be scribbling on a [...]