B.C., A.D. and C.V.?
I think we humans are going to have to modernize the way we measure the history of time. Sound confusing? Let me explain: Up...
Losing “friends” and corn shelling adventure
In the last week or so, I had to part company with two long-time friends. Happily, neither parting wuz sad. However, one was a...
“Meat-Out Day.” Good grief!
Spring has sprung and the early arrivals keep showing up. In the last few days the killdeers and buzzards and mourning doves have arrived...
Elder note: CV vaccine can affect your vision
Well, good folks, it finally happened. We got enough rain for the runoff to fill our 4-acre leaky pond. More than 2-inches of rain...
“Down Nostalgia Lane” & Book List
Time marches on, but nostalgia lingers on. That truism wuz revealed to me last week when ol’ Nevah and I drove to southeast Kansas...
Hog Do-Do Deodorizer
Well, Kansas proved once again to me that it’s got few peers in terms of changeable weather patterns. While we in the Flint Hills...
“Other” side of Country Roads
I can’t recall such a long stretch of frigid winter weather in Kansas — complete with sub-zero temperatures, some snow and lots of wind...
Strike it Rich with a Bovine Lightening Rod
Br-r-r-r-r! Winter finally arrived a week late. Usually the coldest days of winter are centered around my birthday, Jan. 30. But this year, a...
The Blizzard of 1927 and more
Kindly readers keep responding to my recent columns about advanced weather forecasting and the great Nebraska blizzard in 1888 that killed hundreds of school...
“The Children’s Blizzard of 1888″
A couple of weeks ago, I speculated in my column about how the pioneers in the 1880s were probably very happy for the telegraph...