Missouri birds flourish upon and around a small patch of prairie. Last updated October 15, 2025 The Bird Kingdom The biosphere is divided into kingdoms. And “kingdom” is a good word for it. When you look at the plant kingdom, you enter into a unique world whose subjects are, fortunately, stationary. This provides an opportunity…
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Food Deserts — Solving the Loss of Will
Food deserts in our big cities? In a previous article we looked at the Law of Supply: That the provision of a good or service is a function of the ability and willingness of a producer to deliver a product. Most of us are familiar with ability. We have seen countless businesses fade into history…
Missouri Trees and Shrubs of Rachel’s Prairie
A collection of photographs of Missouri trees and shrubs surrounding Rachel’s prairie, a one acre patch of ground with a pond. Even though the focus of this journal is on a prairie, I have to concede that the life I witness on the prairie is framed by the trees and shrubs that surround it. While…
A Loss of Will – The Exodus of Retail Businesses from Cities
It is a law of economics that supply is the ability and will to provide a good or service to the marketplace. What we are seeing recently is the loss of will as businesses are abandoning many of our large cities. It is a law of economics that supply is the ability and will to…
Diagnosing DOGE: Purge of the Probies
Who are the probationary workers that were fired? Why? And why are they being hired back? I have been laid-off only once in my professional career. It was no surprise. I was a grain trader for a large Midwest cooperative and they had decided to close down the grain division. So I saw this was…




