Whistlestop
The east side of Lawrence has a very unique and special place that I love to visit. It’s straight out of the Twilight Zone, or at least you might think you are starring in one stepping inside. It is a
View ArticleThe Union Station Massacre
Union Station in Kansas City has a unique ghost. Completed in 1914, Union Station has seen many dramas played out in its vaulted halls; during World War I it even housed a morgue in the basement to...
View ArticleAll That Kansas City Jazz
There is a magic time in the city that only a select few get to see…the newspaper distributors, the night watchmen, the milk man and me. A time when the city sleeps and the streets are empty, the party is
View ArticleLike my world, I am on fire.
The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows....
View ArticleWandering the West Bottoms
The rain finally came last night. It came softly last night and stayed thru today, at first a gentle shower and continued as a fine mist, covering all who dare linger for long without cover. The...
View ArticleSnow at Last!
This morning I awoke to a fresh white blanket of snow. It was a nice snow, the big fluffy kind and a decent depth; about 2-3 inches and still falling. I watched through the kitchen window while...
View ArticleStanding on the Brink
When I was in elementary school we took a field trip. I remember the trip and the feeling it left me with to this day. We left Frankfurt am Main early in the morning and boarded a bus that took
View ArticleBloom
All of a sudden I looked around me And found the whole world in bloom. Then I fell in love with the universe all over again.
View ArticleBridge to Insanity
One of the first items of business tackled by the first Kansas territorial legislature in 1855 was what to do with those of an unsound mind. Not to say that Kansas has or has
View ArticleApocalypse
There is nothing that echos post Apocalypse, like Kansas in the winter time. Barren of snow to cloak her naked landscapes that have even leached the blue from the sky above. Earth shades of dirt and...
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