… about winter is that the ice in my iced tea lasts for hours.
The bad thing (OK, don’t get me started…) about winter is that the inside air is dry - it makes me want to lick my lips and and for some reason, I have this danged habit of licking my lips just as [...]
Filed under: life on the ground, weather on January 31st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We had just eaten in Lindsborg, but just up the road in Smolan, there’s a restaurant, the Hickory Tree, located in the old school. This would be a fun place to try sometime.
It has limited hours: Friday and Saturday, 5-9. Sundays 11-2.
Found the following information here:
The old school building in Smolan, Ks, built in 1926, [...]
Filed under: small towns, vittles on January 31st, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Easter Heathman was 13 when Knute Rockne’s plane crashed in the Flint Hills. He, his dad and brothers rushed to the scene of the accident. For decades, Easter Heathman led people to the crash site.
Heathman died Wednesday at Newman Hospital. He was 90.
Read article in Topeka Capital-Journal.
Filed under: Kansans on January 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are a number of these semi-private picnic tables at Coronado Heights near Lindsborg. We were there on a winter day, yet found a couple of sets of picnickers, as well as people who were out walking and riding mountain bikes. In good weather, I’ll bet this is a busy place.
The picnic areas have these [...]
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“Fire in the Sky” by Louis Copt. Oil. 36 X 48. Used with permission.
In the cold of winter, Kansas landscape artist Louis Copt, holds a hot paintbrush and pushes flames around.
“Fire in the Sky” is one of the pieces he’s painted for a show in March at the Leopold Gallery, 324 West 63rd Street, Kansas [...]
Filed under: events, other people's stuff on January 30th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
From the top of the fort-type structure at Coronado Heights near Lindsborg.
down the staircase
windows along the way down
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Kelley Hunt and her band will rock Liberty Hall in Lawrence on Saturday, Feb. 2 during a fundraiser for the Douglas County Aids Project. Doors open at 7, concert begins at 8, tickets $20.
For more information, see story in Lawrence Journal-World: Musician Returns for DCAP Fundraiser.
Filed under: events, other people's stuff on January 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
The chefs at ESU’s Skyline room prepared a Kansas Day menu today:
Kansas Day
BBQ Beef
Catfish
Oven Roasted Potatoes
Broccoli & Rice Casserole
Green Beans with Bacon
Buttered Corn
Kansas Slaw
Kansas Stew
A birthday cake for Kansas. What, no candles? Should be… 147 of them.
The Skyline room is currently hosting an exhibit of Dave’s recent [...]
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From the KPR Newsroom:
8 Wonders of Kansas Announced Date: January 29, 2008
The Kansas Sampler Foundation has announced the results of voting for the “8 Wonders of Kansas.” Governor Kathleen Sebelius revealed the results on Tuesday morning as part of Kansas Day ceremonies, commemorating the day Kansas became a state. It was apparently a [...]
Filed under: life on the ground, on the radio on January 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
