Tag: Virginia McDonald

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Labor of Love

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This spring and summer I’ve been involved in a long labor of love. This involves taking my late father’s three books and preparing them for reprinting as Amazon paperbacks and Kindle ebooks. The work hasn’t been easy. But it really has brought me back in touch with Dad. In fact, it feels like he’s been […]

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Gallatin’s Yellow Rose

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“Oh, Joseph,” Miss Virginia crooned two days later when we arrived at the McDonald Tea Room. “I just loved this week’s edition. Let’s get your be-yoooo-tiful family seated.” The McDonald Tea Room enjoyed a crowd on Sundays with people not only from our area, but from St. Joseph 50 miles away and Kansas City 75 […]