PLATE 1. Crazy Debbie’s Discount Fireworks take over an old building near Mount Branson on East 76. Summer Firework Art by Joshua Heston An oscillating fan turned, moving humid air from one aisle to another, cement floor smooth and a little dewy in the hot summer night. The glowing Black Cat sign competed with a…
PLATE 1. Harlan Bonar in his Knob Noster studio. A Journey of Freedom: The Art of Harlan Bonar BY JOSHUA HESTON The rolling, grass-covered hills west of Sedalia, Missouri, mark a transitional territory where the tall grass prairies converge with the northwestern Ozark Hills. The place is pastoral, but it is here — in an…
Welcome to the Ozarks by Lauren M. Weinand, M.D. Where turtles and armadillos share the cloistered roads you travel and a chorus of tree frogs lulls you to sleep Cloaked in their bewitching, boundless oaks people are kind, but kindly advise: Don’t forget, sweetie, you’re in the South Land is liberty, liberty to farm,…