I am a husband, father and grandfather . One wife, two kids, three grandkids, a son-in-law, mother, brothers and sisters, their spouses and nephews and nieces galore. Life is good. I live in Jackson, Missouri, a city in the southeast portion of the state directly across the Mississippi River from Illinois. It's a land of rivers, lakes, bluffs, undulating farmland and deep hardwood and pine woods. The winters are cold, the summers hot, the springs and autumns pleasant. All are glorious in their own way. I have always loved...more
