I was terrible at roller skating limbo, but chubby guys aren’t usually contenders in these types of games. It’s a center of gravity thing. I still wonder how they got that low.  more

“Poetry is everywhere. It just needs editing.”  more

Americans often reflect on Robert Frost's meditation on roads not taken. Today, we might reflect on speeches not given — and on truths unspoken.  more

Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins recently wrote an opinion piece about Medicaid (Kancare) expansion filled with fear, misleading statements and downright untruths. more

President Biden likes to blame inflation on the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine — or, as he says, "Putin's price hike." more

This week continues Laurence Wilson’s memoir with the family’s move to Girard. more

This week let’s start with a quote by Albert Einstein. He said, “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” more

I loved playing Frogger on my Atari 5200. Frogger was an arcade game where the player directs the frog at the bottom of the screen between opposing lanes of traffic without getting ran over. more

FICTION: Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander; Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews; People Next Door by Keri Beevis; Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson; Book of Night by Holly Black; Lioness by Chris … more

Tabbouleh is a bulgur salad; in fact, it's also a very green salad. more