January 29, 2010 – 9:44 pm
As we celebrate Kansas Day again, all the words to Home on the Range, the Kansas state song:
VERSE 1
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the sky is [...]
I did not know that the production of items made from post rock is ongoing in Kansas, but I just came across the website of the Vonada Stone Company of Sylvan Grove, Lincoln County KS. They use the native limestone to construct everything from garden benches, to birdbaths, to sundial pedestals, to mailbox posts.
From [...]
The snow we got earlier in the week has melted off; temperatures are heading for the 70’s this weekend. And it’s time for the clocks to spring forward. All that motivated me to put up a new header here in tbbs-land. Gracing this blog is Stone Post and Prairie Grasses 9543, from [...]
January 31, 2009 – 12:54 am
James rightly pointed out that my recent Kansas Day photo was beautiful to those who have been there. He also said that those who haven’t been there wouldn’t get the full effect from just a still picture. I agree, and have trolled the InterTubes again to find a video of what he and [...]
January 30, 2009 – 8:36 pm
Today, I came across something that I absolutely must try, being a fan of bacon, sausage, and all meats porcine. It’s called the Bacon Explosion, which requires the following ingredients:
2 pounds thick cut bacon
2 pounds Italian sausage
1 jar of your favorite barbeque sauce
1 jar of your favorite barbeque rub
You weave half the bacon into a [...]
January 29, 2009 – 12:01 am
On January 29, 1861, Kansas was admitted to the Union. I’ve made no bones about my love of the place here on this old blog. I’ve also mentioned numerous times that I’d go back there to live and work, should the opportunity arise. So this year, I’ll just look at the above [...]
January 28, 2009 – 5:58 pm
Welcome, Kansans. I see several searches for past Kansas Day posts.
And no, I’ve not forgotten the 148th Kansas Day either. That post is all queued up, and ready to publish at 12:01AM EST, tomorrow.
Y’all come back!
-k-
December 31, 2008 – 6:02 pm
For several years now, my little bride and I, along with three other couples, meet on New Year’s Eve, for dinner and dancing. It’s pretty cool, I guess. Big Band kinda music, balloons, noisemakers, and the whole shittaree. BYOB – reminds me of my years in “dry” Kansas.
I like the [...]
November 2, 2008 – 1:34 pm
While visiting the Lawrence(KS) Journal-World website to get the link for the previous gridiron post, I paused for a moment on the story on the front page: Obama has received more contributions from Kansans than McCain. The Google map on that link shows a lot of blue; I take it that these are the [...]
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