By Back to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. I loved the natural light in this building. For me, the more windows the better (well, except during tornadoes and hail storms.) Anyway, the natural light was especially useful because they didn’t allow flash photos in the building. This is a green building. A handout says, …
Rainy Days and Wednesdays
Scott Rochat wrote about rainy-day whiners in last night’s Gazette: The Raining Champ. It’s raining this morning. Again. Just a medium rain. On saturated ground. The nearby Neosho and Cottonwood Rivers are full. Well, overfull. See pics on Tracy’s blog. There’s flooding in Lyon and Chase Counties. One of the renters who lives in a …
The Final Frontier
This week’s Flyover People column: The Final Frontier.
artifacts
Frank Borman’s spacesuit is on display at the Cosmosphere. Borman commanded Apollo 8. Gloves worn by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Odyssey
Now, for me, the way coolest thing in the Cosmosphere was this: The Odyssey. The Apollo 13 Command Module. Yes! OK, before going to a place, I seldom do research. I like being taken by surprise. Now, I had heard that the Liberty Bell 7 capsule, flown by Gus Grissom, was in the museum …
14 Calendars
We took one of those spur-of-the-moment trips yesterday. I slept late – 8:30! At 10:00, I hinted around to Dave about a road trip – but it was too cold to take pictures outside – the temperature was below freezing. “What about the Cosmosphere?” I asked. “That’s indoors. But, it takes two hours to get …
Capitol shots
Emporia’s William Allen White is one of four statues on the second floor rotunda at the Kansas Capitol. The others are Eisenhower (as a General), Amelia Earhart, and Arthur Capper. It was difficult to find a good angle to take a picture of WAW because of his portliness. Most angles just accented his big belly. …
A Night in Bleeding Kansas
Monday evening April 2, at 7 p.m. ESU will host”Keeping Their Memory Alive: A Night in Bleeding Kansas.” The event will be in Webb Lecture Hall in ESU’s Memorial Union. Historical performances will be given by Joyce Thierer and Ann Birney of Ride Into History. Grady Atwater will give the Keynote Address. All proceeds will …
The Capitol Tour
Larry Mills, Kansas Capitol Tour Guide On Friday, I visited the Kansas Capitol to shadow Rep. Don Hill. Hill’s intern, LeAnn Bell, made arrangements for us to take a tour. Larry Mills was our guide for the tour. He gave some of the details of the building. (Construction took place from 1866-1903. The East Wing …
1915 Flood
Dave laughs at this photo. “That’s not a flood, it’s a mud puddle.” Well, whatever. It’s my hometown of Pawnee Rock, during the so-called Flood of July 12, 1915. Everyone (apparently only males occupy the town, or are allowed to view flood damage) is wearing a hat and there appear to be a lot of …