political divide – Plains Truth Journal

I feel like I’m living in a Shakespearean play, but rather than being the husband who was cuckolded by his wife (or vice versa) we’ve been duped by the weatherman. More specifically, the National Weather Service and the Weather Channel convinced us that a catastrophe was upon us when I’ve seen more ice accumulate in my freezer with the door open. It was supposed to arrive on Friday, then Saturday and finally on Sunday and it did for some, but not here in Emporia. I watched the radar for two days and what was heading for Emporia never materialized. In fact, it looked like the Red Sea parting for the Israelites. There was freezing rain and sleet to the west, south, east and north, but we survived reasonably unscathed. Continue reading “Much Ado About Nothing”

About me

After living on the East Coast and in the South, I am fortunate enough to have returned to the State of Kansas where I was born, bred and wed. We settled in the small town where I attended college during the 60’s, happy to be in a place where not much has changed since, and where the prospects for change are dim. I used to say when I retired I wanted to drive a school bus and write the great American novel. Now I content myself with putzing around the house and writing the occasional tidbit. That great American novel? It’s probably where it will always remain, half finished.

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