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I’ve been thinking about my grandparents this morning, which if you’ve been following this blog to any extent is clearly nothing new. Not everyone gets to grow up with grandparents, so it’s sligh…

Yes, difficult as that may be to grasp, it’s true.  If you live long enough, you learn a thing or two.  I’ve lived a while now and I’ve learned more than a FEW things I never really wanted to know.  …

There’s a sobering dynamic at work in the world lately – everyone around me seems to be getting older.  I went to a family funeral this week and almost without exception, every relative, friend, and …

Donna Lee Weiser, 83, passed away May 23 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., June 7 at Boomhower Funeral Home in Dighton KS.

My son is an only child, so I asked him once how much he’d minded growing up “in solitary.”  He said he liked having his own room and possessions, without having to worry about siblings messing every…

Federal judges plan 2-day trial in Kan. remap suit

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Attorneys for Kansas officials, business leaders and voters are heading to federal court for the trial of a lawsuit over the…

A long-sought financial settlement that would allow Salina to take over the cleanup of pollution at a former Air Force base has been delayed.
Salina, which acquired the former Schilling Air Force B…

Oddly enough, my mom has been in my thoughts all weekend.  It can’t possibly have anything to do with the fact that today is Mother’s Day, but there it is, nonetheless. My mother was a complex con…

Sat down at the piano this morning for the first time in many, many weeks and could not stop the tears welling up from somewhere in my chest at the sheer joy of playing again.  A big YES -- this is w…