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To find shelter in a cave, you need a level dry floor. This one has a spring in the back of it and a constant temperature.
Caves and a swap meet
A strange thing is happening out in California, where people are starting to live in caves. If you remember, I wrote about my grandfather and I staying in caves on the Big Piney River in the 60s. We … more
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For the sake of our city please don’t stop paying attention
For the sake of our city please don’t stop paying attention I have heard a lot of talk about the Belle City Council meeting that happened February 12. Some people are saying that we were … more
Was that a beagle I heard?
Beagles and briar patches
For most of two hours, the little beagle had struck trail after trail, and hotly pursued a half dozen cottontails in circles that wound around broamsedge, cedar thickets and patches of briar and … more
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“Valentine’s Law” Proposed to Enhance Public Safety
In a significant move towards bolstering public safety and recognizing the sacrifice of law enforcement officers, a group of dedicated Missouri lawmakers and esteemed members of the law enforcement … more
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Absolute proof to me that the Great Creator has a sense of humor... he sent me a Mallard Drake.
The prayer duck
When I am hunting and fishing now I am almost always alone and I have conversations with myself. Some say that when someone does that, it is an indication that they are crazier than a pet coon, but I … more
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Before Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Cochise
A merican history lists many great Native American Chiefs, including Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Geronimo and Cochise. Long before these great leaders was one honored by colonial Americans … more
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Quite often, in deer that were born together as twins, there is a dominant twin and the other one is prone to shadow it. I believe that is what happened when I killed two does with one shot. It made me feel bad but I only saw one.
Two with one shot
The last few days of deer season are tough. Those final days for me occur at the close of the ‘muzzle- loader season” when whitetail deer are almost finished with the ‘rut’ … more
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California Schemin’
In 1965, The Mamas & the Papas sang the words, “I’d be safe and warm/If I was in L.A.,” as part of their hit song “California Dreamin’.” Decades later, if the … more
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The pool hall kid, in the 1960s.
If we all were rich
Doc Dykes was a frequent visitor to the pool hall in 1963. He was quiet and good humored, plagued with petit-mal seizures on occasion. Doc Dykes was a chiropractor, and likely as educated a man as … more
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The story of the great dissenter
H ave you ever gone against your college’s opinion and opposed the majority? Maybe you refused to accept a joint of marijuana or decided to wait for marriage before sex. That person is referred … more
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My grandfather, made 3-dollar sassafras boat paddles outside the cabin which he built himself, in 1965. A happier man…there were none. I thought his predictions were goofy back then. Not now.
The lemming’s solution
All through the history of the earth, (and I am talking about tens of thousands of years back) there has been ‘climate change’ on earth. If you want to call it that… I don’t. … more
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Know before you agree to sign
To the Editor: You may be seeing people collecting signatures in our area. This initiative would allow Missouri voters to once again CHANGE our Missouri CONSTITUTION. This means it will be … more
Letter to Joe,
I’m sure you remember old Ed Bradbury and Maggie, you haven’t been gone that long. Years ago we ducks on the slough over on the back of Ed’s farm, where you go to floundering around … more
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Clarification on probable cause statement from MSHP
In response to last week’s newspaper article (March 13), “Maries County prosecutor delays filing MSHP probable cause statement against Belle officer”, I would like to provide some … more
Protecting the unborn and taxpayer dollars
It is now mid-April and we are seeing flowers blooming, regular warmer temperatures in the forecast and more people enjoying outdoor activities. Spring also means that days are longer in the Senate … more
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Federal Tax hike a concern for farm families
Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” But for Missouri farmers, taxes are about to become a lot more uncertain. Barring action from … more
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The higher up in the tree I get, the harder it is for something on the ground to smell me, but the limbs get so thick it is hard to see the deer.
Making scents of things
There is a special place I visit to bow-hunt and get away from people and this awful world. It is on a lake and I get there by boat. I know that bass fishing is often very good on the nearby lake … more
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This black vulture is migrating north, coming into the Ozarks in large numbers. Landowners will learn what a terrible interloper he is, and what a plague he is on our land. You should kill everyone you see if possible.
Drama in the woods
I was just in the right place at the right time to see it, and it didn’t last long. A hawk came out of the timber and passed across a small opening in the woods with a cluster of oak leaves in … more
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Missouri courage is holding officials accountable
Missouri’s history offers a stark contrast to the limited criticism by Republican members of Congress to Donald Trump’s criminal charges. The defenses by Republican officials to … more
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Confirmation of the devil
I n my column from Jan. 10, I reviewed M. Scott Peck’s book, “The Road Less Traveled.” Now, I want to touch on another of his books, “People of the Lie, The Hope for Healing … more
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