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Sacrificing Everything on 9/11: Flight 93 The words of Darryl Worley's song, "Have you Forgotten, How it Felt that Day"I believe are words that all of us will never forget WHERE we were, WHAT we were doing and HOW we felt that September 11, 2001.Last September, we were travelling through southern...
09/11/2018
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Such a sad day to learn that people lost their lives on their Branson MO vacation. It has affected Branson residents deeply as "Ride the Ducks" is a very popular attraction. It's a 70 minute ride through Branson and the Ozarks. It finishes the ride with a boat ride on Table Rock Lake. Everyone g...
07/20/2018
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Remembering Lou Ludwig's success tip: Pay Attention to What People Do Have you heard someone say "Do what I say, not what I do"? Really? Do you take a person seriously that says that? Pay Attention To What People Do “To know what people really think, pay regard to what What they do, rather th...
04/13/2018
Christmas in Cajun country: Bonfires on the Mississippi River A tradition that is as old as the levees that hold the mighty Mississippi is the Festival of the Bonfires on Christmas Eve.This is an old Cajun tradition to light the way for Papa Noel on Christmas Eve to...
12/01/2017
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Tis' the Season to Be Thankful Tis' the Season, yes I'm trying to hold off on Tis' the Season to Be Jolly for a day longer: To Be Thankful.This morning, the one thing that was on my mind to be thankful for, is my upbringing.As a teen we think our parents are so clueless and can't possibly know an...
11/22/2017
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Do you remember the weeks following the 9/11 attack on America? As I sit on my covered deck on a Sunday afternoon, watching football and the rain fall for the first time in 24 days in Branson, I started thinking about how different it was when it came to football and sports on Saturdays and...
09/17/2017
How do these men ride a bike for nearly 2,200 miles over mountains, time trials, heat, rain and cold?I believe it is Mindset. I became fascinated with the Tour de France during the Lance Armstrong era. Of course we all know his great accomplishments were erased from the Tour de France history as ...
07/15/2017
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As most of us that studied American History, we learned about our "Founding Fathers" of the United States. Actually,Warren Harding is given credit for the phrase"Founding Fathers" and that was in 1916. That was a surprise! Previously they were referred to as the "Fathers".Most of us can nam...
07/03/2017
"Hidden Figures" a movie for ALL Americans: A United Goal for the U.S. I love true stories, especially about NASA and the Apollo space program. I was 13 years old and fascinated with the entire idea of rockets and a moon landing. Who knew I would marry an engineer that worke...
01/24/2017
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Nottoway Plantation White Castle Louisiana was the perfect weekend getaway for me in early September. Nottoway is the South's largest Antebellum Mansion on the Mississippi River. Nottoway Plantation and Resort was stunning, on a Louisiana Saturday night! ...
11/06/2016