I do find it ironic that one of the tasks that brings me great joy is writing for a publication that has the word TRAVELER in its title during a time in my life when I have traveled the least! As we reach a full year of a global pandemic, even though my travels have…
I grew up on my grandparents’ farm in Newton County, Mo., and was used to seeing walking sticks on a regular basis. My grandma always said they were good luck and to never harm them, so we just marveled at how cool they were and pretty much left them alone to do whatever they wanted….
Ayden Dietrich truly enjoyed his journey from bobber to bass boat. The cast was not great. But for a 5-year-old it would be good enough. The red-and-white bobber hovered on the surface over a small lead weight and hook with a piece of night crawler on it. On the other end of that…
And a vast cloud rolled across the whole of the countryside; darkening even the hilltops and enveloping the hollows. “Even the plains were obscured in this new climate of fear. Village by village; home by home the light of man was being extinguished. A light, once gone, would it ever again shine as brightly as…
Here are a few short stories we think will put a smile on your face during this long, hot summer. Enjoy! LIFE On the first day, God created the dog and said: “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give…
Two new deer hunters decided to separate to increase their chances. “What if we get lost?” says one of them. “Fire three shots up in the air, every hour on the hour” says the other. “I saw it on TV.” Sure enough, one of the hunters gets lost, so he fires three shots up into the air…
Count all the ones that you have experienced. Ratings are at the bottom. 1. Blackjack chewing gum and Teaberry. 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water. 3. Candy cigarettes. 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles. 5. Coffee shops or diners with table-side jukeboxes. 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers. 7. Party…
Two men went out hunting in the West, and had the misfortune to have used up all their ammunition when they ran across a big, stray bison bull. He was a vicious animal, and he charged the two men, chasing one of them into a nearby cave and the other up a tree. There the…
