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Mark Cockson

The Arts, gardening, education, good food & drink.
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Music

Blues, Brews, and BBQ in The Lou (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

St Louis is blessed with many local blues bands. Lloyd Jones came through and pulled three local sidemen for a thunderous show.

Out & About

Be a Tourist in Your Own Town Tradeshow (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

If the economy is still crimping your budget, a "staycation" or short "mini vacation" may be what the financial doctor orders.

Out & About

Sirens Produce Interrupted Sleep (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

The wailing sirens and flashing lights of the emergency vehicles were too close for comfort...

Issues

Smart Money Week, April 21-28 (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

This is the tenth anniversary for the Federal Reserve's "Smart Money Week" and the first time it has been put on in St Louis!

Patch's House & Home

Richmond Heights Garden Club Plant Sale This Saturday! (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

Member grown and Heimos Nursery plants, raffle, and lots of friendly plant growing advice!

Arts & Entertainment

33 April (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

The "33 April" opening had something for everyone!

Food

Chinese Express and 24-Hour Culture (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

Several businesses in "edge city" are open 24 hrs/day and I wish this one was!

Music

Davina and the Vagabonds (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

While a student at SLU, I worked part-time at Shakee's Pizza Parlor downtown where Tiger Rag Forever would play blues and jazz. Davina and the Vagabonds took me back to that scene!

Out & About

Early Garden Successes and Failures (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

True gardeners measure their skills by failures as well as successes. The wacky weather this spring resulted in some spectacular failures!

Out & About

Swamp Walk in the Freezing Cold (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

"Freeze warnings" over the past two nights prompted this writer to take an early morning walk.

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