Carhenge: Ever heard of it?
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I took a three-day trip to Mount Rushmore from southwest Missouri. On the way to and from, we ventured off the beaten path to see some less-visited sites. One of those was…
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
In March, I had the opportunity to visit The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Missouri. Named for the city’s patron, Saint Louis IX of France, the structure, according to a tourist guide, “combines architecture of Romanesque style on the exterior…
Monet’s Water Lilies in Kansas City
Visit the gardens of Giverny in the heartland In March, I traveled to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo. to see this Claude Monet masterpiece in a special exhibition called “Monet Water Lilies: From Dawn to Dusk.”…
Weeks 11 & 12: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
The final, full-on hug. Winter is at the door. The above photos (left and right) were taken Nov. 15 (Week 12) and Nov. 8 (Week 11). Above photos (left to right) were taken Nov. 1 (Week 10); Oct. 25 (Week…
Weeks 9 & 10: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
Moving into November… Above photos (left to right) were taken Nov. 1 (Week 10); Oct. 25 (Week 9); Oct. 18 (Week 8); and Oct. 11 (Week 7). Every Sunday morning, my husband and I take a walk through our local…
Week 8, Oct. 18: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
Moving into mid-autumn… Every Sunday morning, my husband and I take a walk through our local city park in Bolivar, Missouri. Near the back of the park acreage is this idyllic scene in the pictures above. I’ve always thought this…
Week 7, Oct. 11: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
Back in the groove now, thank you. Every Sunday morning, my husband and I take a walk through our local city park in Bolivar, Missouri. Near the back of the park acreage is this idyllic scene in the pictures above.…
Week 6, Oct. 4: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
We interrupt this series for a case of COVID-19. I missed a week. Last Sunday, I didn’t get around to showing my latest weekly photo due to a case of COVID-19. My bout with the sickness from 2020, the year…
Week 5, Sept. 27: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
Survey the changing season with me every Sunday Every Sunday morning, my husband and I take a walk through our local city park in Bolivar, Missouri. Near the back of the park acreage is this idyllic scene in the pictures…
Week 4, Sept. 20: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
Survey the changing season with me every Sunday Every Sunday morning, my husband and I take a walk through our local city park in Bolivar, Missouri. Near the back of the park acreage is this idyllic scene in the pictures…
Week 3: Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
Survey the changing season with me every Sunday Every Sunday morning, my husband and I take a walk through our local city park in Bolivar, Missouri. Near the back of the park acreage is this idyllic scene in the pictures…
Watch summer bend to fall’s embrace
Survey the changing season with me every Sunday Every Sunday morning, my husband and I take a walk through our local city park in Bolivar, Missouri. Near the back of the park acreage is this idyllic scene in the pictures…
Ode to the Hudson River School
Wherein I kinda-sorta compare my silly little iPhone 8 photo to six sumptuous American masterpieces
Timing is everything: Fort Scott National Historic Site
Photos and fun facts from Fort Scott National Historic Site Over the Christmas holidays, my daughter and I visited my hometown, Fort Scott, Kansas (pop. 8,000) in the southeast corner of the state. While there, we decided to visit what…
La Petite Gemme Prairie: like none other in Missouri
A short afternoon outing west of Bolivar, Missouri Today after lunch, my husband, daughter, son and I ventured out to La Petite Gemme Prairie just a mile or so west of Bolivar. My son told me recently about this nature…
It’s lonely at the top: Lady Justice in Bolivar, Missouri
From a distance, she looks pretty good. But there’s more to her story. I took this photo last fall of the Polk County Courthouse in downtown Bolivar, Missouri. I’ve always thought the statue of Lady justice on top appeared unusually…
We Didn’t Need a Hashtag on 9/11
#newyorkstrong would not have fit
Frank Lloyd Wright Wronged
When your eyes become accustomed to an architectural wonder
Five questions not to ask New Yorkers when you’re building a travel writing portfolio
If travel writing is all about storytelling, then I’m in big trouble As a Midwesterner and an aspiring travel writer visiting the Big Apple over spring break, I wanted to use a trip to New York City to build my…
Stop and Gawk: The MTA’s Newest Mosaic Stunner
Xenobia Bailey’s Funktional Vibrations
Travel to places that make you feel small: Monument Valley, Utah
Monument Valley is good for that. Those spires. Those ledges. Those bluffs. Behemoths of weight and mass, rising from the high desert floor with quiet heft and bulk. The space between them is as much a part of the experience…
It Bothers Me that Sept. 11 is Becoming “Historical” and in the Distant Past
This is a drawing my daughter made on Sept. 11, 2001, when she was six. My daughter understood the devastation and the loss of that day. As for myself, I have noticed a diminishing sadness when I contemplate September 11.…
Trusting Your Gut: If It Looks Like a Dead Body, It Probably Is
When I lived in Tempe, Arizona, one night I think I might have witnessed someone loading a dead body into the trunk of their car. This was in 1991. It was around 10 at night and I was walking back…
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
Unexpected detour.
Favorite place on Earth
Monument Valley, Utah Well, it happened again. I travelled someplace new and I am forever changed. This time: Monument Valley, Arizona. There is nothing quite like spotting something on the horizon that appears surreal, other-worldly and truly unknown. And then…
Marilyn Yung 