Mike’s Barley Beef Soup
Here is my recipe for Barley Beef Soup. It’s a small recipe, serving 2-4 people and can be easily expanded. Barley Beef Soup 1/2 pounds beef (stew meat, flatiron steak, etc), cut into … Read more
Year: 2017
Fall at Maroon Bells Colorado
Ever since seeing a photo of Maroon Bells a few years back, I’ve wanted to go see them in person. We usually go the Boulder area when we visit Colorado, so I knew … Read more
Can’t Go Back Home
We didn’t mean to. Try to go home that is. What we were going to do was go see the Grateful Dead cover band Dark Star Orchestra. While it’s true we’d never heard … Read more
Snowmass: A Quick Ride Down
I managed to get in two bike rides during a recent visit to Colorado to view the fall colors. The first was a decent length ride in Aurora, similar to a ride I … Read more
3 Sisters: an 80 Year Bond
Ida Laurina (Lindberg-Anderson) Cipra was born on this day 100 years ago! She was raised in the Rose Hill farming neighborhood northeast of Lindsborg and is buried in the Rose Hill cemetery. All … Read more
London, September 2006
Eleven years ago today I was in London. Like today, it was Sunday, and I went out to take some pictures before heading over to Bristol for work beginning on Monday. This was … Read more
Epic August Expedition
I needed 25 miles to reach the 300 mile mark for August. A simple ride to the bridge and back would give me 22. I decided to take my off-road bike and head … Read more
Puffers Return Home
Last time we checked, our puffers had moved to a temporary home pending the move of their tank to a new stand. Well, the stand (unfinished) has been purchased, and while I’ve never … Read more
Eclipse 2017
A couple of months ago, when I first started making plans to watch the eclipse, I noticed that totality would occur in southern Nebraska, barely a two hour drive up highway 81. In … Read more
Dusk at Clinton Lake
We drove up to Lawrence today in order to get a head start on the 4 plus hour drive to our eclipse viewing location. We’ll be observing the eclipse (clouds, per the current … Read more