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Cicada-mania!
Weee-oh weee-oh weee-oh weee-oh.....one of my favorite summer tunes growing up in western Kansas …
August is the Month of Lengthening Shadows
This is a rerun of a post from August 2019. Re-posting in memory of mom and her favorite month. …
How to Meteorite
Should you one day hear a tremendous crash, feel the house shake, and find a hole in your roof, wit…
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Lightning Field
In reading about Walter De Maria's Lightning Field, installed in a remote desert area of southwestern New Mexico i…
Blue teapot
It's been like living in England, lately. Damp and gray and rainy, day after day. It's weather like this that …
Winter Beer Report - What I'm Drinkin'
Best beer for these dark, frigid nights (and days!) is Northern Lights IPA from Free State Brewery, based in Lawrence, …
Napkin, Fork, Hamburger
Here's one thing I'm relieved about: I don't have to make Lilah look like a dinner napkin. She'd been t…
How I Came To Be Crowned Chili Queen
It started with that trip through the bean aisle of Hyvee, when I picked up two 30 oz. cans of chili beans and said, &q…
Clash Pastiche
So I was washing dishes last night listening to the new M.I.A. cd, Kala, that a friend loaned me. And as I was listenin…
