Year: 2016
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch
I’ve not had much Christmas spirit this year. I’m not sure what it is about this year that’s different but it is. I generally dislike the season anyway. Not the getting together with the people who love you, or sharing heartfelt gifts with one another. I like that part. But, overall, I see the holiday as little more than a … Read more
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Love, actually, not so much like the movies
This morning, sitting in a wicker chair in my friend’s living room with a cup of coffee in my hand, I saw love. For the past several nights, I’ve stayed with my friends Nate and Susannah Reed in Lawrence. Their children, Harry and Scarlett, call me Uncle Jay and they want to “battle” me every time I’m here. Which is … Read more
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My shelves of Thanksgiving
I want to tell you about my shelves. I have these two shelves in my house. I hung them on my wall last winter. I was very sad at the time, and accomplishing a thing, even something as simple as hanging shelves, made me me feel better. Because drilling holes into a wall and putting up something where nothing was … Read more
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Elk River Hiking Trail – a part of Kansas you need to know
Seriously, if you have never visited the Elk River Hiking Trail, near Independence, you are cheating yourself and your life isn’t quite all it could be. Take a weekend and go. You don’t have to hike the entire 15 miles like Mitch and I did – but if you can, you certainly won’t regret it. You’ll be tired and sore, … Read more
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10 quick thoughts on the 2016 election
Last night was the big once-every-four-year party known as the Presidential elections. Today, though, it’s the morning after and some of us our are looking at the person in bed with us thinking “Jesus! How much did I drink last night? I don’t even remember talking to anyone?” Others are happy as a pig in shit because they’ve just broken … Read more
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Woah! Wait! Donald Trump is a womanizer?
So, you’re shocked and outraged at the latest revelation that Donald Trump said something derogatory about women? And this, you think, will be the thing that sinks his presidential campaign? That’s the vibe I’m getting from my social media feed today, and I’m over here shaking my head in disbelief. Really, we needed this slice of tape to know how … Read more
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The sweetest taste of life
I don’t think Mitch understood how I could be laughing and crying all at once. He looked at me with some concern, and asked me if I was alright. “Yes,” I said. “It’s euphoria, I think. It’s too much feeling for either laughing or crying, so they both happen at the same time. Like the last part of that movie Kill Bill, … Read more
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