What is this life if we don't wander to find ourselves?
Weekend road trip alert! If you haven't been to Milford Lake lately, this place is worth the visit and even has a tasty place to eat while you're there. Milford Lake is the largest lake in Kansas boasting 163 miles of shoreline, swimming beaches and a 14 public ramps. You can launch sailboats, boats or... Continue Reading →
If you only had a few minutes to pack, what would you take? Before I go any further with this post, I wanted to say that I understand so many in this world we live in are facing things much worse than my story I'm about to tell. Friday evening was a rough one for... Continue Reading →
This post was inspired by a bad morning recently that I didn't want to turn into a bad day. I was lacking sleep (insomnia sucks) and was adjusting to a new eating style so my body was a bit in flux and angry with me. Photo by Andre Furtado on Pexels.com My attitude that day... Continue Reading →
Some of you may have read my post about the gratitude bridge, where I take a pause every day to give thanks for that day. This bridge allows vehicles on a gravel road to cross over a small creek. It often floods, so I'm not always able to go that route, which is filled with... Continue Reading →
Let's take a step into the past — phone booths. For those of you who may not know what I'm talking about, let me enlighten you about the days before widespread cell phones and why you might have kept a quarter in your sock as a kid. Photo by Maarten van den Heuvel on Pexels.com Phone... Continue Reading →
I have this little robin at my house who loves to look at itself. And fight with itself. And peck at its reflection. Photo by Tina Nord on Pexels.com Last week I was loading some stuff into my partner's car and noticed a pecking noise that seemed to come from my car. I looked over... Continue Reading →
I was waiting for my partner to pick me up from work the other day and I decided to study the tulips growing where I work. So many times when we look at things we look quickly at the outside and move on with our day. I was surprised that I had never done this... Continue Reading →
There is a phrase that I live by: "never assume — you'll make an ass out of U and me.." This is a hard-learned lesson for myself and many others I'm sure. Photo by Olya Kobruseva on Pexels.com Inevitably, every time I assume something, I am usually dead wrong. Sometimes I find myself saying "well, I... Continue Reading →
Recently, we took an impromptu road trip, which spanned three states in 14 hours. To be fair, the trio of states were in the northeast corner of Kansas. We managed to hit Kansas (of course, we live there), Nebraska and Missouri. Below are some of my tips for taking a memorable old-school road trip. OLYMPUS... Continue Reading →
Driving by a quiet funeral home in St. Joseph, Mo., you'd never expect there to be a hidden little museum, but that's exactly what is located in the Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel, located at 3609 Fredrick Ave., in St. Joseph. On display in the museum is caskets, historical tools used by morticians and funeral homes, and... Continue Reading →
The Wandering Pigeon 