This is The Thing

(I’m borrowing the title of this post from participant, with gratitude.) Interstate rest stops in Iowa have free wireless internet access. Now doesn’t that just blow the hell out of your stereotypes of the Midwest? I’ve been pondering how to even begin to blog about my trip “home” (which happened in July)– I use the [...]

One of the things about being “very psychic” is that I find that I’m not often truly surprised. Oh, sure, once in a while something happens that I didn’t anticipate — and God always seems to find a way to include little daily delights that are unexpected — but it’s pretty rare that I experience [...]

A commenter asked “Will you speak in Kansan more often?” And so, I will oblige with a brief primer on Kansan, so that readers from other parts of the globe may comprehend. Note to reader: There is a book called “How to Talk Midwestern”, but since it covers only a basic lexicon, rather than grammatical [...]

In my last post, I included that photo of me, on my ninth birthday, stylin’ with the new fishing pole that Grandpa just gave me (deluxe thumb-release casting reel, quite a bit taller than I was, all fiberglass — very snazzy for 1965). As much as the other blog topics I currently have simmering clamor [...]