winter wonderland

If you see flakes falling across your screen right now, relax. It’s supposed to be snow.But it could be something else. Have you been using a good dandruff shampoo this winter?
Why, when our skin (and scalp) is the driest should we be wearing dark clothing that highlights our natural molting process? I say we turn [...]

narrow minded snacking

An engineer friend of mine is approaching her twentieth anniversary of working at our company. To celebrate, our company is throwing a cocktail reception for her, and Susan gets to pick the menu.After a quick poll of our office, she decided on some pretty typical “happy hour” fare: a veggie tray, some chicken strips, chips [...]

vacation’s over!

Our little family vacation is over, and we’re back in Kansas. After spending Saturday through Tuesday in the Missouri Ozarks, we’ve come home to unpack, do laundry, mow the yard and generally recover from all the walking, hiking, swimming, siteseeing, wasp stings, shopping and excitement of travel by car with a nine year old.
Wilson’s Creek [...]

wilson’s creek

Our vacation continues.
Saturday, we visited the Civil War battlefield at Wilson’s Creek, just outside Springfield, in southwest Missouri.  Andy is a big civil war buff and we knew he would enjoy it.

It was a hot day, much like it might have been nearly a century and a half ago when this battle was fought in [...]

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Today is my wife’s birthday. Sharon Lou is celebrating by going to work, and I’m away in Dodge City, so our celebration will have to wait for the weekend, when we start our vacation. This is the first year we’ve been apart for major celebrations, including our 15th wedding anniversary last month, and I hope [...]

ifr into dodge city

I should be able to log .7 hours of IFR this morning, driving to Dodge City in heavy fog. If you’re a pilot, you understand. If you’re not a pilot; well, it was very foggy.  I actually used my GPS receiver to tell me how far I was from my required turns, because the fog [...]

dodge city dazed…

I’ve been occupied with the temporary move to Dodge City, Kansas, and haven’t been focused enough to write anything here for about a month. Thanks for waiting.
As I mentioned last time, my company is in the process of downsizing about twenty thousand people all over the world, and some of them were in Kansas. I [...]

go west, young man.

Just like nearly everyone else, I have been touched by this recession. My company has nearly 300,000 employees world-wide, and even before the market nose-dived last year they announced a plan to cut costs, slash jobs and increase share value.  I’m a stock-holder, and have been for longer than I’ve been an employee, so I [...]

a quick update….

Sadie has a new family! She was adopted over the weekend from the Kansas Humane Society. If you read my previous post, you know what a difficult decision it had been to give her up. We’re just delighted that she’s found a new home, and will take her rightful place as Queen of the House [...]

a humane choice

Yesterday our family made a very difficult decision. We took a one of our dogs to the Kansas Humane Society to be adopted by another family.
We’ve never had a pure-bred animal at our house. They’ve all been shelter-adopted and well-loved by our family.  Sadie was a special dog from the day she came to live [...]