The sights and sounds of the Iowa State Fair are still with me. It was an incredible experience for a first time state fair goer. I am writing several posts about it and will be publishing them over the next week or two. But to start, I thought some of you may like to get a feel for it through… Read More
I have to say, as a Southerner, I have always heard about Southern hospitality. There is a standard there you are expected to meet. It comes in all shapes and sizes. Opening your hearts and home to people is probably the central thrust of it. I have done wacky stuff like host people I haven’t met because they went to… Read More
a slide show of more of the photos from my day at the Kansas City historic City Market [slideshow post_ID=13608]
During out recent trip to New York for Kazu’s 16th birthday trip, we had the unusual and incredible opportunity to go out on the water with my friend Gary. We motored out of Brooklyn, going past Coney Island, under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and across the wakes of ferries to see the Statue of Liberty & downtown Manhattan. The day… Read More
I have to admit…. I hadn’t really given thought to U.S. Presidents that called Missouri home til I stumbled into history recently. I went to Kansas City, Missouri for a weekend to see long-time friends I had been hoping to visit since moving to their home state. On the drive southeast of Kansas City, I saw one of the familiar… Read More
While I have a very deep love of cotton, so deep it guides my Twitter handle and a couple of series of posts here on the blog (cotton 101 and the fabric of our lives), wheat holds a special place in my head & heart too. I had a great time recently stumbling into some wheat fields. Seeing wheat at harvest prompted… Read More
