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Lindsborg Ice Storm, Day One

UPDATE 13 Dec 2007: Though not severe in terms of visible damage, the storm’s effect on the area’s electrical infrastructure has been severe. Parts of Lindsborg have had had intermittent power since Tuesday, … Read more

Candles and a Song

The beautiful candles are from Juliana: :: The song is a video of an interesting acoustic version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, performed by a group of young Swedes known as CHiP-CHoP: Click … Read more

I Get Around

A while back I got a request to use one of my images that was posted to Flickr. The request was made because I had licensed the image with a Creative Commons license … Read more

Gretsch G5120

I’ve dabbled with learning to play the guitar off and on for most of my life but have yet to progress beyond the chord-plunking stage. I did take lessons about 10 years ago, … Read more

70 Years Ago

We were looking through old photos last night, and I noticed that this one, of Uncle Rollin and Aunt Adelia, was taken 70 years ago in September of 1937. Looks like they were … Read more

Three Years Ago

In reviewing my archives I see that I’ve noted the 1st and 2nd anniversaries of arriving (back) in Lindsborg. For no particular reason, this year I’m marking the day we began our journey, … Read more

Three Views of a Tragedy

Thanks to Tom at Random Acts of Reality for the links to a tragic tale of cars, alcohol and young drivers. Given the new school year has just begun, and with it a … Read more

Library Love

One of my earliest memories of Lindsborg comes from way back in the first grade. I think my love of books, reading and learning stems from those early experiences. Once a week I … Read more

Colorful Weekend

Between my cousin’s blue and gold macaw, the hit of the family reunion Sunday, and the fields of wild flowers photographed between Lindsborg and Salina on Saturday, I guess you could say we … Read more