(Asst. Ed. note: This story appeared in the February Traveler and is reposted here with permission of the author, Gary L. Arnold. Mr. Arnold worked 3 1/2 years on the Mississippi River, and we thought his story so fascinating it deserved a wider audience.)
By Gary L. Arnold
Missourians and residents of neighboring [...]

by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins
With temperatures dropping, there’s another garden-related chore I forgot to mention: wildlife-proofing your home.
Start with checking attics, basements, gutters and garage doors for any small openings or warm spots squirrels, mice and birds might use for shelter.
If you store seeds in your garage, that’s an invitation for wildlife to break in, [...]

I’ve never been overly tall or overly skinny. Not from the very beginning. Let’s just say, at my full adult height, I made 5′ 3″, not counting hiking boot soles.
Even so, it’s been a long time since I found snowpiles taller than me, at least south of 40 degrees north latitude.
Life took me [...]

We goofed. Kathleen Brotherton’s story, “Make the most of this special time of year, on Page 22 of our December 2010-January 2011 print issue, is missing its final line. We reprint here the story in its entirety and offer our apologies to Kathleen.
It’s that hectic time of year again when the holidays and severe weather [...]

Summer officially arrived this morning at 6:28 CDT, but it seems like it’s been here at least for three weeks. Unseasonably hot temperatures nearing 100 degrees F. makes one yearn for, yes, winter!
To satisfy that yearning (while waiting for brewed tea to chill to drinkable temperature (about the same as melting ice cubes) Traveler gathered [...]

Clearwater Lake Update — By James Beard
PIEDMONT, Mo. – In the past, dozens of people have drowned after falling through ice into water, while many others had to be rescued and revived. After looking at those incidents, it appears the individuals most at risk are males of any age and young children who are [...]