Ozarks Culture

No.  It is not an oxymoron.  I've been enjoying studying Ozarks culture.

I was able to attend the Eighth Annual Ozarks Symposium in West Plains on Sept. 20.  It is organized each year by the Ozarks Studies Committee at Missouri State University - West Plains.

It was a 3 day event, but I was only able to attend one day.  The presenters were very good and I enjoyed it very much.

This is the link to the symposium website:
http://ozarksymposium.wp.missouristate.edu/

I'm also participating in a free, not-for-credit, online course called "Ozarks History:  Examining an American Culture.  It started September 8 and lasts for ten weeks.  The course explores issues such as regional heritage, cultural adaptation, and the survival of regional land cultural identity and folkways through comparison of Ozarks people and places with other cultural groups and regions.

The website link for the course:
http://www.MissouriState.edu/Ozarks

So... I'm trying to find that true Ozarks culture.

Fall is in the air

My Corner of the Ozarks is looking "fallish".  I know that's not a word, but we say it all the time.  And it communicates a meaning.  The view in our front yard shows the first hint of autumn.



Our activities are all about autumn.  We've been to some high school football games,  We're watching the Cardinals and Royals in baseball's post-season.  The Missouri Tigers have only lost one game and had a big SEC win at South Carolina.



October 1 was the opening of the Missouri fall turkey season.  I was fortunate enough to bag my 20th wild turkey.  I rarely am successful on opening day.

I love these warm days with cool nights.  Now we need some rain.  Maybe today.