Apr
26
“You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there” – Yogi Berra “If you think Missouri isn’t beautiful, then you should take the drive Bonnie took me on last weekend”, my friend Paige said. Who is Bonnie, I wondered, thinking I’ve never heard Paige mention a ‘Bonnie’? …
Mar
29
“Eventually all things merge into one, and a river runs through it”. – Norman Maclean, professor and author In February of this year, a news story about finding a message in a bottle in the Missouri River caught my eye. It was published in my hometown newspaper, the Mound City News, a northwest Missouri weekly. …
Mar
15
“Baseball? It’s just a game – as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It’s a sport, business – and sometimes even religion.” –Ernie Harwell, “The Game for All America,” 1955? Last year, I attended our Kansas City Royals spring training in Surprise, Arizona, my first …
