A journalist recalls growing up on a farm in northeast Missouri, where his only connection with the outside world was a dirt road. Recollections include farm animals, old-time vehicles, a one-room country school, fairs, hikes in creek-beds, party lines, and the foibles of rural life.

Illustrated with family photographs, "Dirt Road Diary" covers the years before the author's college days. Its time-line begins in the late 1930s where his other book, "An Unlikely Love Story" leaves off.