November 8, 2023
To DO NO HARM is part of an oath most believe medical professionals live by. This becomes a central question to be answered in Topeka Stormont Vail's plan to build a new Surgery Center in Emporia. Stormont Vail recently informed Newman Regional Health officials that their strategic plan to capture more business in Empo...
Nov 07, 2023
November 1, 2023
Guns haven't held a large position in my life, but there are some hunting memories I cherish. On Thanksgiving Day when I was eleven, my dad gave me a Mossberg .410. We hunted the next day and I shot my first quail. My quail hunting memories are more with friends and my sister's husband. Her first husband Jerry Wilkinso...
Oct 31, 2023
October 25, 2023
I'm writing this in anticipation of baseball's World Series featuring the American League Champions Texas Rangers and the winner of last night's game 7 of the NLCS Arizona or Philadelphia. Time will tell who advanced, but one thing is for sure the future is unpredictable. It all starts on Friday. The World Series becam...
Oct 24, 2023
October 18, 2023
Zene is a stock broker my dad met years ago in a meeting at the Chicken House. He became a trusted friend and adviser. He is unique. Naval Academy grad he rode around in a submarine after school. Among Zene's hobbies is writing poetry so today I share a poem about a baseball player he once coached. I coached a kid, his...
Oct 18, 2023
October 11, 2023
I recently read a TIME article entitled How Time ranked the World's Best Companies. Here is how it started. BIG TECH HAD A TOUGH YRAR, LAYING OFF TENS OF THOUSANDS of workers since January. But the biggest tech companies are also the ones doing best for investors, employees, and the planet. Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet (...
Oct 11, 2023
October 4, 2023
After my Royals swept the Astros I suggested to Bobbi we go see them play the Yankees on Friday. We hadn't been to see them all season and with them playing well and the weather cooler we decided to go and spend the night and see our son's new home on Saturday. Here's our story. Car gassed up, washed with my scooter on...
Oct 03, 2023
September 27, 2023
Cotton pic it! I planned to share a yarn about Taylor Swift with you today using supposed inside information gained from listening to Travis Kelce's brother. But, Kelce sabotaged my plan by inviting the songwriter and performer to join his family in a suite for the Chief's game this past Sunday. Taylor Swift is somethi...
Sep 26, 2023
September 20, 2023
Deion Sanders is quite the story! Born in Florida his parents divorced when he was 2. He played football, basketball, and baseball in high school and was named to the Florida All-Century Team in football and drafted by the Kansas City Royals out of high school. He was a three-sport athlete at Florida State - football, ...
Sep 20, 2023
September 13, 2023
Last Thursday ESU's football team led by 17-year head coach Garin Higgins defeated Northwest Missouri for the first time since 1994 breaking a 29-game losing streak to the Bearcats. I was aware of Higgins during his playing career mostly as a reserve quarterback, but actually met him on Easter Sunday in either 2002 or ...
Sep 12, 2023
September 6, 2023
You may think I'm kidding, but I'm not when I suggest discovering the Game Show Network while in California a decade ago vastly enriched my life. Fortunately, I don't have many Alzheimer's symptoms, but dementia definitely wants to reside in me. Watching the endless quiz shows on Game Show helps keep my mind sharper an...
Sep 05, 2023