Meet the Shaggs! Simone Friday, June 22, 2012 The Shaggs were three New Hampshire sisters who were forced by their father to form a band in… Read more
Weird Cloud Simone Friday, June 15, 2012 Rare sighting of a tapeworm cloud. * Pictured here near Lawrence, the cloud stretched nort… Read more
My chat with the bike dude at the Frigid Creme Simone Tuesday, June 12, 2012 While in Ness, the girls and I were happy to find The Frigid Creme operating under its summer hour… Read more
A new coffee shop (sort of ) in Ness City. Simone Sunday, June 10, 2012 When I'm back home and shopping in the town's only grocery store, a family-owned operation… Read more
Combines and wheat trucks and bikers, oh my! Simone Friday, June 08, 2012 Remembering Dad, who passed away seventeen years ago today. So hard to believe it's been that … Read more
Simone Wednesday, June 06, 2012 I think aliens were visiting Cedar Bluff Dam last night. I turned to the Cedar Bluff Lake cam on t… 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
Crown of Creation Trippin' down memory lane. I have to pay tribute to this album --I used to listen to it all the time when I was in … Keep reading
We Are Hoping Aliens Can Read This It's called The Golden Record, and we shot it into space. Though it sounds and looks a bit like an ancient Egyptian… 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
Two Weeks Left To Go My upstairs window at the Javanaut For four days last week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday), I sat in the Java… 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