Resurrected Post from 2011 ---When Life Was Busy & Nuts! Simone Wednesday, June 04, 2025 This is the time of year I go crazy. The end of school year stuff is completely maddening. How will… Read more
We Are Hoping Aliens Can Read This Simone Tuesday, June 03, 2025 It's called The Golden Record, and we shot it into space. Though it sounds and looks a bit li… Read more
The Trees Know Things Simone Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Get this: Trees do talk to each other like the Ents in Lord of the Rings, and old trees are wise,… Read more
This Juicer Is Lit Simone Thursday, May 08, 2025 I just found out this old juicer from my childhood contains uranium. What?? When I was a kid I thou… Read more
Gleesome Gladness Ninety-seven years ago today was the first day of the first "official" Kansas State Fair, held on September… Keep reading
Is It Time To Get Started On Those Collateral Vessels? Everyone knows that the heart is a muscle. But who wants to dwell on it? I am well aware that my heart --progenitor and… Keep reading
Dirty Water This is one of my favorite songs from the 60's. We had the 45 when I was a kid. I listened to it in the basement ag… Keep reading
Heart of Gold WOW. I think I saw the best concert of my life last night, and I'm still all a-tingle. Neil, man. Neil Young. He pla… Keep reading
Burl's Pearl's -- Burl Ives' Surprising Oeuvre Tis the season for everything Burl Ives. As the Burl Ives My Ass Coalition (BIMAC) launches its predictable boycott ag… Keep reading
Cloud County Tea When I was in Ness last week, the girls and I went to the Prairie Mercantile. I like to look around, and the girls lik… Keep reading