When I was a kid (50s-60s), sneakers were Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars in black or white. That’s it. By 1989, my then 9 year-old son beca...

  Mardi Gras floats don’t have to make sense. They are supposed to have a theme but the idea is loose and I don’t remember what this one was...

We are staying in a different apartment in Tamarindo this year. It is spacious and modern but, well, a little harsh in its decorating sense....

I've about run through the circus pictures so it's time to find something else. Not much going on but there is some color to see her...

We don't always get a colorful fall. Many years it is too warm and dry. Leaves turn brown, drop to the ground and that's it. Th...

If she were a little bigger Ellie could have been a riverside beacon along the Missouri. She is generally allowed to pick out her own c...

. I used to go to a lot of Broadway shows when I was in high school in New York City. After I ended up in St. Louis, my wife and I went occa...