Sarah Cross, third from left, emailed a few months ago to ask if I could drop by the 8th annual Skinker DeBaliviere Dog Show the first Tuesday in June. I had covered the event three years ago (see post here), and was flattered to be asked back again. Sarah, who will be a junior at…
Category: Events, Sightings
A Wine Country Wedding
My nephew John, his bride Mary Robb and her parents left no vine unturned in planning and executing their spectacular wedding at a family-owned vineyard near St. Helena in Napa Valley last Sunday. My sister Bobbie and brother-in-law John held a fabulous rehearsal dinner at St. Helena's magical Tra Vigne the night before. The…
The Purple Martin Whisperer of Forest Park
When I met John Miller, above, on the Probstein Golf Course in Forest Park one chilly grey morning in late April, he remarked that "the Purple Martins are sulking, they're all puffed up" (to keep warm). Though I had noticed the birdhouses on the golf course many times, I hadn't paid much attention to them…