As I type this, Ken and I are cozied up in a charming little Airbnb in Hermann, Missouri, a German town built alongside the Missouri River. We're here on a two-day road trip to bike the Katy Trail, a Rails to Trails biking/hiking path built along a former railroad. We've had SUCH a great time and I wanted to share just a few photos from our first day. (Be sure to scroll to the end of this … [Read more...]

I had lunch with an old friend last week. Ann and I go WAY back to when we were little girls of maybe eight or ten. My family's former pastor and his wife had moved to the Norman, Arkansas area, and were involved with a mission there. Rev. Ellis Turner and his wife, Viola, helped set up a pen pal program, matching the kids in our little country church in Kansas with kids involved in their … [Read more...]