Hey, 2007 is on its way out. Buh-bye, old year. It wasn’t a bad year necessarily, but not a sparkly, shiny year for me, and certainly not for the world.
I used to hope for world peace. Gave up on that one.
I haven’t done New Year’s Resolutions for years now. Instead I like to choose a [...]
Filed under: life on the ground on December 31st, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Kite & Son Machine Works. A closed shop in Garnett.
I just loved the look of this building. I could imagine so much just from the outside. It just had to be a guy-hangout with tools everywhere, sparks sailing from a welder, lots of rusted metal lying around.
Filed under: buildings, small towns on December 31st, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A row of businesses on the south side of the courthouse square in Garnett. It was Sunday afternoon - everything was closed.
Garnett (pop. 3,368) is the county seat of Anderson County.
Flyover Friend Queen LaTuffa gave me the hometown tour which was a lot of fun, but it was too cold to get out of the [...]
Filed under: buildings, small towns on December 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Who knows where this courthouse stands?
UPDATE: Roger knew. It’s the Anderson County Courthouse in Garnett - designed by George P. Washburn, the architect for some of the best Kansas courthouses.
Filed under: courthouses on December 30th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Church Sunday:
At Fourth and Union in Emporia is Hope Community Church.
Filed under: buildings on December 30th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
It was kinda like the old days, the warm, old days at the Farmers Market. In the summer. Except that there’s snow on the ground and Jim wasn’t there, and no one was at the Farmers Market parking lot, and I forgot to take a picture of Rand!
OK, so it wasn’t anything like the old [...]
Filed under: life on the ground on December 29th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Here’s an article from National Geographic: The Emptied Prairie by Charles Bowden.
The piece is about North Dakota, but his description of the decay of rural communities sounds a lot like Kansas.
Filed under: life on the ground, other people's stuff on December 29th, 2007 | No Comments »
Amidst street construction sits the McPherson post office.
Post offices come in every shape and size. You’d kind of think being part of the federal government, there’d be some uniformity, but there’s not.
Filed under: buildings on December 29th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
UPer’s Diner is open now at 1015 Commercial. Dave and I had the featured dish on the menu - a pasty: ground beef, potato and onion in a pastry crust ($4). This was a one-pound pasty. Quite a bit of food here.
They’ll have ribs after the first of the year.
Daily specials are $4.95. They’re open [...]
Filed under: vittles on December 28th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
