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Tag Archives: Kansas
Empress of the Winkies
“We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto,” She said offhand while looking out Her penthouse view of Emerald City, Plush pillows puffed around her And her little dog, to whom she Addressed droll commentary With a slow rotation of her right … Continue reading
Skies of My Youth
Remembering the Great Plains skies of my youth where the crystal azure crashes into horizons sweeping 360° in every direction like living in the center of a snow globe. It would have to be a tremendous snow globe. The base … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged consciousness, Family, Great Plains, Hampton Roads, history, Jamestown, Kansas, Lewis and Clark, memory, midwest, pirates, Point Comfort, Salina, sky
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The Bird Lady of Baxter Springs
Sometimes, when I have mentioned I come from Virginia, the person I’m addressing insists on relocating me to West Virginia. I blame John Denver. Apparently hoards of people have attended American public schools without ever learning that there are two … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged aging, Alzheimer’s, assisted living, birds, Cansez, demographics, elder abuse, Family, grandfather, grocery, history, John Denver, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas Town, Kanza, KCMO, memories, mental illness, Missouri, nursing homes, octogenarian, old age, Prairie Village, psyche, self, senior citizens, sociology, stroke, suburb, Virginia, Vogel
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“Sail Ye Winds, Heigh Ho …”
In March of 1968, returning from his first tour in Vietnam, my father moved our family to the Hampton Roads, Virginia. (There is a certain insanity in the Pentagon referring to an assignment in a combat zone as a “tour”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Bonny, Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Carnegie Library, Dreams, Ed Teach, Family, Ft. Monroe, Hampton Roads, Historic Triangle, history, Jack Rackham, Jamestown, Kansas, Kecoughtan Village, moving, Orwellian, Paso Robles, Peninsula, pirates, Point Comfort, Queen Anne's Revenge, Sam Bellamy, Stede Bonnet, Syms-Eaton Museum, Virginia
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