July 2026 Reading

July for me is usually split in two as far as reading goes. There are the first three weeks that are "normal" and there is the las...

  • My Favorite Books of 2024
    Every year I read other people's "best of" lists but I've never done one myself. I'm a little ambivalent about the wor...
  • 250 Years Ago ... The Lay of the Land
    *Part of my continuing blog series leading up to the 250 th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis in February 2014. In October...
  • My Revolutionary War Ancestors
    Since it is Independence Day I thought I would republish a story from long ago. This is the story of the family of my paternal grandmother w...