- March of Dimes Bikers for Babies event is Sept. 19
- August 25, 2010
- This year’s March of Dimes Bikers for Babies ride to benefit the March of Dimes is scheduled for Sept. 19.
- Trip to Kansas’ Grand Canyon as near as writer’s imagination
- August 25, 2010
- It’s probably just another sign that I’ve slipped a cog, but I love driving across Kansas. Just a glance at a map, and I’m off again, without even leaving my chair.
- The post-visit quiet
- August 18, 2010
- The house seems awfully quiet this week. That’s been the case ever since the kids left on Saturday morning.
- Beal: 3-year-old ‘shadow’ enthralls grandfather
- August 11, 2010
- You never know how long these things will last, but for right now I have a faithful companion.
- Fond memories stirred by ‘Big Band’ sound
- August 4, 2010
- I guess I’ve always been something of a nonconformist. Put another way, I’ve usually had a penchant for doing things the hard way.
- Beal: Finch at the feeder worth two in the bush
- July 28, 2010
- I guess you could say it’s not been much of a summer for the birds. Or for bird-watching, at any rate.
- For companionship, no pet beats a dog
- July 21, 2010
- I have had occasion this past week to reflect on the relationship between people and their pets.
- KNEA endorses Holland for governor
- July 16, 2010
- The Kansas National Education Association has endorsed Tom Holland for governor.
- Beal: City’s placement on list all about quality of life
- July 14, 2010
- Not that we needed anyone to tell us, Shawnee is a great place to live.
- Mother Nature provides this year’s fireworks
- July 7, 2010
- Looking back, it was one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the time.
- Sick Big Boy tomatoes disappoint gardener
- June 30, 2010
- Toward the end of April, I wrote of my hopes for the tomato plants I’d just set out in the planters that hang from our deck out back.
- Beal: Dry humor finds home in tale about rain barrel
- June 23, 2010
- Nothing is ever as simple or as straightforward as it seems.
- Journey home
- June 15, 2010
- A family stands near the Business Class sign at the gate, obviously waiting for the morning Alitalia flight to Chicago.
- Visit to grave completes pilgrimage to Africa
- June 9, 2010
- My father’s grave sits on a hill that partially overlaps the site of ancient Roman Carthage.
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Do you think it is important for Shawnee to be bicycle-friendly?
I think it’s important. I do love and use the paths, but it would be nice to have lanes so we could use bikes to run errands - saving gas!
