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The hilly part of Kansas. Not that you can tell.  Many months ago my friends from high school and I decided to gather from all four cor...

I have been reading about Time Travel in this week's New Yorker . (Look at that - I've capitalized time travel. That's funny, is...

Yesterday after school I asked Julia if she had a good day. She said she had a "red day." I asked what that meant and if that'...

Today would have been my grandmother's 94th birthday. She passed away in February. She is always in my heart and on my mind.  She was 10...

#arliememagandy  In the last two years I have attended more funerals than I can ever remember attending. Which is to say not that many b...

I'm really looking forward to the Urban Grown tour this summer! The girls and I went two years ago and we had such a nice time. The ...

Me and My Mom - about a week after I became a mother First and foremost, here's to my mom. She taught me everything I need to know t...

Last weekend my parents came for a long awaited visit. Since my grandmother moved in with them two years ago, they haven't been able to ...

Julia and the small clay globe she made at school for Earth Day. She also learned the following song sung to the Farmer in the Dell tune ...

"Stinging Nettle" - such an "Eye of Newt" kind of name This is stinging nettle. It's a wild edible, I suppose...

This article appeared in Cultivate KC's newsletter, Urban Grown, in March, 2015 in anticipation of their 10th anniversary. Happy Annive...

Arlie P. Gandy  May 31, 1921 - February 6, 2015 BIOGRAPHY Arlie Gandy passed away peacefully on February 6, surrounded by her fam...

Me and Mema This is me and Mema last Saturday. She passed away peacefully this morning. She was 93.  At times like these, thoughts ...

Oops!! It would appear the folks at FamilyShare.com accidentally posted an article from 1950. Don't worry. I fixed it! Here's m...

So glad that one of us actually had our iPhone on hand to capture the great memories from Thanksgiving in Nashville.  Flying! Ca...

Love these faces.  The day before Thanksgiving we were scheduled to fly out in the early afternoon. We had two hurried stops to make on ...