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Daily Archives: December 14, 2016

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Christmas Trains

#stateoftheozarksBy Josh HestonDecember 14, 20163 Comments

Christmas Trains.The magic of the Christmas train has endured. Recently, Rusty Hamblin of Branson Hobby Center gave me a tour of the magic that is the business’s main floor. This is childhood enchantment at its best…

frost flowers by Tom Koob

Frost Flowers by Tom Koob

#OzarkWriters, #SOTONaturalHeritageBy Josh HestonDecember 14, 2016Leave a comment

Frost Flowers by Tom Koob Today I found frost flowers. The night had been clear and cold; the first hard cold snap. It was a bright, crisp morning. The sun shone in clear yellows through the now mottled leaves that the oaks and hickories reluctantly refused to release.  A path ambled through the forest. And…

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The Tinsmith’s Gift by Tom Koob

#OzarkWriters, SOTOEventBy Josh HestonDecember 14, 2016Leave a comment

The Tinsmith’s Gift by Tom Koob Stanley was a tinsmith, and a good one. He cut and molded and soldered tin into useful items- candle snuffers, jewelry boxes, ladles. Stanley lived alone in a small cottage a mile from the village. His home was alongside a rivulet running through a forested glen. Every few days,…

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