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I remember: My fear factors in the Forties

         “There is nothing to fear but fear itself!” is a quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt that had been cited to...

A Benton history: art and politics

At the Sandzén Gallery, a paragraph beside a small Thomas Hart Benton painting adds to the desperation that cries from this work. The painting,...

Plumbers and Priests

I don’t know how I got to the point where I’m inclined to disbelieve anything an academic claims. I’m not anti-intellectual. I read stuff....

Soymanella Poisoning

  I don't know about you but I became a little irritated when I read that two of the three largest meat processors have...

Laugh Tracks in the Dust

Few people enjoy a good practical joke more than I do — even when I’m the butt of one. I recently got a great...

Memories

“TO BE HUMAN IS TO HAVE A COLLECTION OF MEMORIES THAT TELLS YOU WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU GOT THERE.” Rosecrans Baldwin   As I write this...

A Gallery, an Exhibition, a community of art

At the risk of incurring eye rolls among those who live elsewhere, indulge me in this praise of one institution, the joy and enlightenment...

Prairie fire

Just a few days ago, the smell and sight of spring burning in this region of Kansas evoked this childhood memory…. It started with a...

The Covered Dish: Spinach Curry Rice Bake

This past week a good friend brought me a copy of the original Stephenson’s Restaurant cookbook.  Stephenson’s was originally an orchard and later around...

Buzzard Sunday in Hinckley

If you routinely read my ramblings, you know it’s no secret that Joyce and I both like turkey vultures; maybe that’s a testament to...

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