French Antarctic Mineral Stamps

It’s time for another round of stamp postings! The engraved printing technique really highlights these colorful minerals from French Antarctica. These images are also visible on Flickr as well as via a flash-based … Read more

Good Bread, Quickly!

Well, as quick as is possible when dealing with yeast bread: from the mixing bowl to the table in 2 hours! From the King Arthur Flour blog comes this simple recipe for a … Read more

Broadway RFD 2008: State Fair

On Friday, we attended Lindsborg’s theater under the stars, Broadway RFD. This year’s show was State Fair, the charming musical by Rogers and Hammerstein featuring the adventures of the Frake family as they … Read more

Honey Ginger Soy Chicken

Honey Ginger Soy Chicken Taking advantage of ingredients on hand, I whipped up this light Asian chicken dish tonight. It was good enough I decided to write it up for future use. With … Read more

Farley’s National Park Stamps

I’ll conclude this mini-flurry of stamp postings with an American classic: the National Parks, as commissioned by Postmaster General Farley in the 1930s. They are part of a set of stamps known as … Read more

The Sun Never Set

On the non-topical side of stamp collecting, I collect world-wide from the 1800s through the early 1950s, including US stamps through the mid-60s or so. One area I really enjoy is British colonies … Read more

Hit Man

Blame it on Keller. No, nobody died, but my long dormant interest in collecting stamps has been revived and I blame Keller. Now he of course held topical collecting in disdain, and I … Read more

Lindsborg Fireworks 2008

The annual Lindsborg fireworks show, normally held at Anderson Field, was moved to an alternate location south of town due to the current field renovation project. Because of concerns over parking, we opted … Read more

Intense Storm Clouds

We had severe weather in the area last night, though thankfully nothing more than a little hail and high winds hit Lindsborg. To the north of us Salina and Chapman both both experienced … Read more