Go back to sleep, daffodils, it’s only fake spring, not real spring. And, it’s a contraily kind of a day: 7 second video… Contrails. At 12:30 p.m., it’s 62 and mostly clear. Heading up to 69 today.
When I looked at the weather symbols on my computer this morning, it showed partly-cloudy for Emporia with a high of 74 degrees. So, I left, wearing short sleeves. I didn’t throw a jacket in the car, didn’t think I’d need one. It’s been in the 80s around here for a week or so. My [...]
Fellow Kansas writer Deborah Vogts has an author event coming up at the Gridley Public Library (Coffey County) on Saturday, October 23, from 10 – 11:30 a.m. Deborah writes Christian romance novels based in the Flint Hills. So far, she has published Snow Melts in Spring and Seeds of Summer and is working on a [...]
The Big Well Gift Shop in downtown Greensburg now stocks Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State. The book has an essay about the tornado/town, so I’m pleased that they are carrying the book there. A new gift shop/visitor’s center will be constructed near the Big Well itself, so this is temporary [...]
Carrying the school colors, flag girls walk behind the Hartford Jaguar marching band in last Saturday’s Hartford Harvest Day parade.
The Governor’s ceremonial signing desk. With a Robert Sudlow painting overhead. (Sudlow lived in Lawrence and died earlier this year.)
Teter Rock in Greenwood County. I love its simplicity. Dave and I stopped by on the way home from El Dorado on Sunday. For more info, the history of Teter Rock in one of my 2008 columns: A Day in the Hills.
The Tom Brokaw Visits Emporia story has been postponed. Won’t be on the NBC Nightly News tonight. However, the 6 p.m. show on USA network will go on as scheduled. More information at The Emporia Gazette.
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