My friend Sandy is an artist. I always enjoy her take on her experiences at the art shows and fairs she visits in Kansas City. Click here to read her post “Fall Back” on her blog “Dancing Words”. Be sure to check out the video of one of Sandy’s art classes from ART-felt Learning at the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Kansas City’
August 26, 2009
Happy Anniversary, Shuttlecocks!
Fifteen years ago, four giant shuttlecocks landed on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. Designed by sculptors Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, the shuttlecocks received a mixed reception when they were first installed, but now they’ve become Kansas City icons. They add a whimsical touch to the classical exterior [...]
June 16, 2009
Garage Sales
It’s garage sale season in our part of the world. No matter where you live, I highly recommend going through your closets and basement and setting up shop with what you find. You’ll learn a lot.
About every five years, my friend Joy and I combine our sale items in her garage or mine. We recycle [...]
June 8, 2009
The Elders and Beautiful Furniture
Twenty years ago my husband handed me a flyer he’d found on a bulletin board in a Martin City, Missouri, barbecue joint.
“Maybe this guy can make some tables for us,” he said. We’d wanted a couple of oak tables to match a pair we already owned.
“Sure,” I said. ”Call him.”
And that’s how we met Ian [...]
May 24, 2009
Second Annual Strawberry Photograph
My strawberry patch has grown even larger this year. Hurrah! Here’s my post with photographs from last year, in case you missed it. Strawberry Fields.
April 23, 2009
Happy Spring!
Spring officially arrived more than a month ago, but we’re just now getting lovely weather. (We did have one nice day here and there before.) The petals are already falling from the apple trees, but I’m looking forward to a succession of cheerful blooms. Magnolia, lilac, peonies, iris, lilies…..
Moxey of Middleground explains how spring fever affects many of [...]
April 21, 2009
Frugalista
Being frugal is cool these days. I like the new name — frugalistas, people who are experts at finding frugal ways to enjoy life. Becoming or remaining debt-free is one of their top goals. (See link below.)
I was born a coupon clipper and a recycler. There’s a photo of me as an infant with a pair of scissors (blunt, [...]
April 18, 2009
Earth Day 2009
This is one of my first posts on this blog, first published April 19, 2008. I’m re-cycling it, in honor of Earth Day on April 22. It is still a good, somewhat patched-up, usable post with some wear left, I hope.
The economic meltdown since I wrote this has focused more attention on cutting back, recycling, making-do, re-using, [...]
April 13, 2009
What a Relief!
I don’t have the shakes any more! Today’s Kansas City Star reports that the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the boot heel (southeast) area of Missouri may be quieting down, which is very good news. A series of earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone from 1811-1817 could be felt as far away as Quebec. One of [...]
