GONE WITH GERTIE

Being the water-loving Corgi she is, Gertie (the Permapup, a.k.a. Double P) had no problem being enthusiastically intrigued when my wife Wendy and I announced we were going on a kayak outing at the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, by far Missouriโ€™s biggest area of swampy wetland.


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Isaiah Buse has served as the publisher of the Houston Herald since 2023. He started with the organization in 2019, and achieved a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2023. He serves on the...