Susan Polgar Blogs Lindsborg

With the continuing popularity of blogs and blogging, it should come as no surprise that world-class chess player Susan Polgar has a blog. What’s exciting is that she has made many postings about … Read more

2000

Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz Remarks in the Senate, February 29, 1872. More information/context about Schurz’s quote is available. … Read more

Butterfly Birthday Cake

A month or so ago I came across an interesting web site that led to the creation of the Butterfly cake shown below. Back in the 1950’s or 60’s the makers of Baker’s … Read more

Svensk Hyllningsfest 2005

The 2005 Svensk Hyllningsfest, Lindsborg’s biennial celebration to honor the Swedish pioneers who settled the Smoky Valley, has come and gone. I had the distinct honor and pleasure of attending my first Hyllningsfest … Read more

EER Blues

At work, people come and go and that’s just the way it is. This week has been a bit different though. My company offered an enhanced early retirement (EER) program* that resulted in … Read more

Late Afternoon

Just having some fun on a Kansas gravel road: :: It’s true, I do like pictures of cloudscapes: :: Oh, and I see it’s after midnight. Happy Birthday Mom! Love and miss you! … Read more