My Summer Freakout Simone Thursday, August 07, 2025 I wrote a thing about how moved I was by seeing the Flaming Lips live in concert last year in Kan… Read more
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… Keep reading
Gleesome Gladness Ninety-seven years ago today was the first day of the first "official" Kansas State Fair, held on September… Keep reading
Cicada-mania! Weee-oh weee-oh weee-oh weee-oh.....one of my favorite summer tunes growing up in western Kansas wasn't on the radi… 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
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. August 7, 2011 Email fr… Keep reading