Last Friday morning dawned with low humidity and a gentle breeze which, according to Bill Reininger, Park Operations Manager of Forest Park Forever, meant weather conditions were perfect for a controlled burn scheduled that day in Forest Park. At the suggestion of CWEnder Tracy Boaz, Community Planner at the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) I…
Duncan Wall, “The Ordinary Acrobat”
Duncan Wall, son of CWEA Board Member Mark Wall and his wife Claudia will be in town tomorrow evening to introduce his new book, The Ordinary Acrobat, shown prominently displayed at Left Bank Books, above. The anything-but-ordinary book signing (see why below) will take place at the Mad Art Gallery in Soulard starting at 7…
Sunday, March 17
The timing of the blooms on the camellia in our garden has become my own farmer's almanac. The photo above was taken Friday, March 15, 2013. If you remember the winter of 2012/13, it was quite mild, and the bloom above appeared on March 4. I took this photo on March 17, 2011, and this…