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09/09/2024

Had a few minutes driving through Lewisville this morning so photographed a few of the landmark buildings. What did I miss?

31/08/2024

Wow, thanks to all my page followers for your appreciation of my last podcast! You guys have launched the Philip Story interview into fourth place of all-time listeners with 690 visits to the blog so far! The Facebook post appeared over 11,000 times on your screens and had 2,010 likes/clicks/shares/comments! Guess it’s time for another interview!

30/08/2024

27/08/2024

Just a reminder, you can also listen to my latest episode wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, I❤️Radio, etc., etc. That lets you listen in your car/truck/boat and so on, PLUS you’ll receive notifications so you never miss a new release. Try it and see! Or visit, bookmark and share https://lifeinlatoday.blogspot.com/2024/08/season-two-episode-12.html?m=1

27/08/2024

Keith’s Grocery Store in Macedonia has some of the freshest meat of any store around. Take a listen to today’s podcast! https://lifeinlatoday.blogspot.com/2024/08/season-two-episode-12.html?m=1

27/08/2024

We are well overdue for another episode of Life in LA so journey down to Macedonia for a chat with one of the new owners of Keith’s Grocery, Philip Story. You’ll find a guy who tells his story as smoothly as he slices you a pair of T-bones. Who knows, you may even walk away with a Moon pie or some pickled quail eggs. Follow the link to

The country store lives on! Andrew (left) and Philip Story Philip Story grew up his formative years in the small community of Macedonia, so...

24/08/2024

Did a little flying down towards Macedonia yesterday.

12/08/2024

WOW! The Union Pacific “Big Boy” steam locomotive is coming across Columbia, Lafayette and Miller Counties on Monday, Sept. 16! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us folks here in LA! Put it on your calendar and do not miss it! McNeill and Waldo folks will have a front row seat. Waldo folks, be careful crossing the tracks on that day, you know how dangerous they are! 

09/08/2024

03/08/2024

The cardinal rule of bird watching is to keep food the Cardinals will like!

29/07/2024

Flying off of Cypress Point on Lake Erling late Sunday afternoon when I spotted a rain shower over Taylor and a boat in the water. How about that! Last cool day for a while!

17/07/2024

Hey, I got a shout out in Mike McNeill’s column in today’s Magnolia Reporter! Ok, sure, he didn’t mention me by name but we all know to whom he was referring in the “news chopper” comment! And he did use a couple of stills in his report on the kiln fire. I’m honored! Wonder what he would have to say about my sound effects I used in my skink video?

We’re into the downhill slide of 2024. We’re excited! Lots of things are in the works. Some you’ve heard about. Some you haven’t. But people are planning all the time.

17/07/2024

Let’s get to the bottom of this! How do you put a new bottom in an old chair? Ask Bo Jameson, he’s done plenty! New episode of Life in LA dropping now!

How to bottom chairs? Bo knows! Bo Jameson I've been intrigued by old-timey chairs and rockers as long as I can remember. With a last name l...

14/07/2024

The plume of smoke could be seen all over Magnolia this Sunday morning so of course I had to pop up the drone to see if I could catch a few pictures. Turns out the fire was over at Anthony Forest products in the drying kiln. Don’t know what time it started, but we spotted it at 9:30 on our way to church this morning. Drove by this afternoon to see what was left. The structure was a complete loss, but fortunately, the fire did not spread to any nearby structures or the many stacks of wood over there off of N. Vine St.

14/07/2024

Looks like a big fire over on North Vine in Magnolia this morning near the flooring mill.

04/07/2024

A few drone photos from Sparks in the Park.

30/06/2024

Thankful to the guys of the CBC Righteous Brothers Sunday School class for cleaning up the WWII memorial to all the men who served and for putting out the American flags. Always glad to see my dad’s plaque and remember his service. Happy 4th of July everyone!

19/06/2024

18 minutes condensed into 30 seconds—somebody got some rain!

15/06/2024

Before and during the Winnie Kate Tournament at the Boys and Girls Club. Baby, it’s hot out there, but those fields look sooo nice all mowed and striped!

12/06/2024

Hear first hand what it’s like to move a 30 by 42 church down a narrow country lane in today’s edition of Life in LA. We talk to David Covey, owner of D&E House Moving, who shares the secret ingredient needed to slide the building into its new location. Check it out at

Preserving history, moving a church David Covey David Covey is owner and operator of D & E House Moving Company out of Hot Springs, Ar. I s...

06/06/2024

What an epic journey!

For over a century, the Mount Prospect Methodist Episcopal South Church building sat undisturbed across from the church cemetery on Columbia Road 66 just a few miles from Stephens.

06/06/2024

Yet more rain in Magnolia!

04/06/2024

It’ll quit raining soon!

01/06/2024

Rafters going up on Mt. Prospect Methodist Church on the SAU Campus. That David Covey with D&E House Movers from Hot Springs is one of the workingest house movers I’ve ever met. I had my work gloves and offered to help but was told by the supervisor that insurance wouldn’t permit it. 😉

30/05/2024

I’ve waited all week to post this update! The Mt. Prospect Methodist Church is in place on the SAU campus. There’s still lots of work yet to be done: replace the bottom beams, put the rafters back, install a new roof, etc., etc. I can say this: that David Covey knows how to move buildings! It’s been a pleasure watching David and his daughter Amy move this big building. His company, D&E House Movers out of Hot Springs, also moved the other two vintage buildings to this location on campus.

29/05/2024

Won’t be long now! It’s already moved a few inches. Lunch break right now.

28/05/2024

Won’t be long now!