Monthly Archives: April 2015

What could cause me to get me up before 6 on a Saturday morning? I’d say the chance to commiserate with the shoppers at the Tower Grove Farmers Market. I had a stupendous time selling and signing my books this morning at the market. Actually, because of a conflict, the market was at the CityContinue reading “A blast at the Tower Grove Farmers Market”

Here’s an unpublished essay I wrote not long ago. It has to do with the aftermath of Camp Jackson, a subject of my book, Beer, Brats, and Baseball: St. Louis Germans. The Retreat of Captain Lyon Historians record that any chance Confederates would rule Missouri ended in an action on May 10, 1861 on whatContinue reading “The Retreat of Captain Lyon”

Beginning Saturday morning, I’ll be hanging out with the sellers of locally-grown asparagus, broccoli and corn at the Tower Grove Farmers Market. On eight Saturday mornings from now through the middle of August, I’ll sell and sign my books at the market. Come out and grab the freshest of food at the market while youContinue reading “Fresh books for sale”

a I had an awesome time talking about The Making of an Icon: The Dreamers, the Schemers, and the Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway Arch at a meeting of the College Club of St. Louis at the Sunset Country Club in Sunset Hills on Tuesday. I could tell the audience really appreciated the monument. Continue reading “A good time with the College Club”