…the bigger the numbers get.
It’s the end of the month and I’m paying bills. I still do things the old-fashioned way - I write checks.
I used to write monthly checks to KP&L, Kansas Power and Light, for gas and electricity. Well, as you all know, that became Westar Energy. Then there was a spat [...]
Filed under: life on the ground on January 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
About 2 inches of snow fell today. The streets were slick for a while, but the city treated the main roads in town.
Gas was down to $1.89 the other day. Now it’s selling for $2.09.
Safeway Pet Foods over on the west edge of town has been sold to American Nutrition, a company based in Utah.
The [...]
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While wandering around the Washburn campus last Friday, I found Carole Chapel. It had a glass ceiling and glass walls. My kind of place - lots of light.
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My friend Tracy wrote a great Kansas Day piece.
Filed under: other people's stuff on January 30th, 2007 | No Comments »
Today’s column in the Emporia Gazette: A Brit’s View of Kansas.
It’s pretty much the same thing as is posted below.
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The entire world is familiar with our state song “Home on the Range,” written by Dr. Brewster Higley in 1872.
But - have you heard “Sunflower?”
And what about “Where in the World but Kansas?”
Kansas Public Radio News Director J. Schafer tracked down and interviewed the 87-year-old Bill Post who wrote the lyrics to that song.
“Where [...]
Filed under: on the radio on January 29th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Five or six years ago, Allen Twitchell worked at The Emporia Gazette and wrote the “Culture Schlock” column. In one column he mentioned that a friend had told him, “The best thing about Kansas is the sunsets.” Allen wasn’t quite sure how to take that remark. Was it a back-handed compliment?
I’m a big fan of [...]
Filed under: life on the ground on January 29th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Don’t forget, O People of the South Wind, that you can send Kansas Day greetings to friends all over the planet!
What about your friend who moved to Michigan? … That brother searching for gold in California? … Your twisted sister in Nebraska?
Those friends and family members who once inhaled the pure Kansas air will be [...]
Filed under: life on the ground on January 28th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Last spring, Paul Harris made a splash in the Sunflower State when he wrote “Ode to Kansas” for his newspaper, The Observer.
Harris, a British journalist based in New York, has visited Kansas on various story assignments over the past few years.
He spent some time in Ellsworth while writing about the depopulation of the Midwest, covered [...]
Filed under: events, life on the ground on January 27th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
