With the 4th of July quickly upon us it’s time to think about inviting family and friends over for the celebration. Since I work that day, it’s going to be a simple gathering this year. Wh... Read more
Eight years ago, the annual Midsummers Festival moved to Riverside Park with the theme, Coming Home to Sweden. For a long time the Festival had been north in Swensson Park, with activities f... Read more
Since leaving the world of the 9 to 5 office, there have been many changes to absorb and incorporate into my daily practices. The structure of having a job where you go to your desk every da... Read more
Before the summer’s campaign cicada chorus turns to an autumn cricket screech, imagine something on the far side of all the noise. Think on a Kansas that once was – and what history may tell... Read more
On a lonely Kansas hill located by a shelterbelt of old trees and a barbed wire fence sits the place that once fanned my imagination into the field of writing. Strange to say, it was located... Read more
In the sorting alley it’s easy to separate the dudes from the real cowboys. You may be a dude if… There are sheets on your bed in the bunkhouse. The camp cookie is a three star M... Read more
I don’t know about you but I got really irritated when I learned about the legal battle in which test tubers and tofu fabricators are arguing that they should be allowed to label their... Read more
Leading into the coming elections, someone is bound to trot out that tired notion of term limits for legislators, as though this would solve a lot of problems. Term limits, it has been said,... Read more
The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the legislature’s latest effort to redeem itself in state funding for local schools. This issue has acquired a leathery history, worn to... Read more
“EDUCATION IS WHAT REMAINS AFTER ONE HAS FORGOTTEN WHAT ONE LEANED IN SCHOOL.” Albert Einstein WOW what an education I have had! I love history and I love little known stories ab... Read more
