Imagine sleeping snug and warm in your den when a cold hand wakes you up & rips you into the early morning light. Then this stranger in a weird black hat holds you awkwardly up in front of a mass of loud strangers. You bet you'd scamper back into your warm den.

Like the children in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) concentration camp between 1942-1944 where they wrote poems, drew pictures, creating a testimony of their fear, hunger, & enduring hope now compiled in "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," the children of Minneapolis are aware, impacted, long & hope.

Beautiful way to remember Catherine O'Hara by @merriam-webster.com.

Ty Masterson is running for Governor in Kansas.

Will be a lively meeting related to Core Civic's continued pressure on Leavenworth, Kansas. There is a YouTube link in the article to watch on Feb 2. www.leavenworthks.gov/bc-pc/page/p...

How many times are news organizations going to fall for the utter claptrap of Donald Trump, his administration or the Republican Party at large changing tone? Collectively, they have one tone: rage. It’s their oxygen. My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

NO! They lie.

Dang husband! Watching "The Wizard of Oz" tonight. He walks by, looks at the TV and says, "Fun fact, it's all a dream." 🙃🙄

"Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person". Mr. Roger's has to be smiling. youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

My wish for 2026 is that we can treat one another with dignity. -Yo-Yo Ma Flint Hills Prairie, Kansas Video by Austin Mann & Taylor McKay @themavengallery Special Thanks Patrick Dodd & Dave Cook youtu.be/Y1PGKPwV56k?...

Brushed my hair, and the air is so dry this happened...😳🙃😏

But the current season will require work, diligence, perseverance, awareness to keep us safe. Keep our neighbors safe. As the season changes to the next.

HE’S TREADING ‼️

Last night read that Bondi sent a letter to Walz. Did one Sunday news feed ask about her demands? If Minnesota caves, this will occur in every state that is refusing. "In the letter, Bondi pressed Walz to hand over information about... thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Okay, I can do this. New recipe. Going to try to make a Cinnamon Brown Butter Brioche Wreath. 🙏Please rise yeast.

The first think I thought was this is what my husband, son, and male relatives would have done. They would have helped the woman. Let that sink in for all of you who would say the same.

Thinking of all of you. Current mood. youtu.be/gr6QnFmCXzk?...

Lighting a candle has different meanings for people and cultures. For some, lighting a candle symbolizes... hope, remembrance, spirituality, the triumph of light over darkness, and honoring a person departed.

Need to process. Lots of heavy around us right now. Normally go for a walk. But it's 🥶 and dark. I have to believe in hope. I have to believe everything is going to be okay. I have to believe in more people waking up to their better angels. youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE?...

I am over the abundance of vanilla scented perfumes. Smells like people are lathering in sugar cookies.

Nasty snow/ice storm starting tomorrow through the weekend. You all keep safe.

ICE detained a 5-year-old child. There is no justifying this. "Can you still contort your morality to justify a world where monsters are real?" My extremely angry column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Hearing there might be a smiley face in the night sky tomorrow. If you have clear night skies, you might see yourself being smiled upon. www.rmoutlook.com/beyond-local...

A moment of peace. I especially find bird clouds amazing, fascinating, relaxing. youtu.be/V4f_1_r80RY?...

Needed a breathe. Used to love watching the Kennedy Center Honors. This is one of my favorite moments. The song builds, tension increases. Then Adam Lambert hits the note. Chills. Perfection. youtu.be/5PzQHZLiUPs?...

“These are federal agencies that have not been constrained by the law sufficiently for quite a while, and now they’ve been given free rein by their management structure.”

Secretary of Defense Kristi Noem now says that the middle aged white woman who was shot in the head and killed by an ICE agent was a "domestic terrorist." Watch the video of it that is everywhere. You can see for yourself that every word out of Noem's mouth here is a lie.

KC ICE Alert via AIRR KC: ICE activity in the KCMO Northeast neighborhood around Garfield Elementary. No arrests have been made. Community members have organized to watch the area. We ask that you remain vigilant. If you see anything, please call the Community Watch Line: 913-999-2398.

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

I've been out walking old country cemeteries. Noticing many children having passed the same year. Then this article from years ago crossed my mind. How quickly How easily We forget. Vaccines do save lives. dianastaresinicdeane.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/l...

Looking for a good article? I've got you covered. There are a variety excellent opinion pieces listed with links to the full text in this article. Bravo to the Kansas Reflector!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Have been visiting family over the Holidays. Apparently, there was a door decorating competition at one place. Not sure if the "Out of Order" sign was for real or part of the decorations on this door, but it cracked my up. 😂 The maintenance department for the win!

#BlueskyChristmasSong Spread the music. Warm the spirit and soul. Happy holidays to all. youtu.be/MaA7B9cu4kU?...

When you forget to buy the sour cream for the cheesecake and look at your husband...

Dear USPS, You really suck at efficency and doing your job. Sincerely, WTAF Keep in mind that this screenshot is not the entire journey of the product. It is still meandering through the system at a couple different USPS distribution centers.

Going through the Holiday movies. Just finished Die Hard. Up next, Polar Express.🎄❄️☃️

I get a lot more interested in football when a second or third string quarter back is playing. Last night with the Packers and today with the Chiefs. The intensity, focus ,and real drive of both these quarterbacks is impressive. Seizing their opportunity.

"Schwab did not give a reason for the decision to change the county’s top election leadership. But Sherman said Thursday morning that it amounted to a difference on an election policy issue that he did not want to disclose." SOMETHING IS AMISS.

"Without intervention to control the rising costs, the federal government faces a future where servicing the past consumes an ever-growing share of the future." fortune.com/2025/12/17/3...

Outstanding choice. We define slop as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again.

If you are ever in NW Missouri during bird migration season, a must stop place is Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge. They have an event called Eagle Days at the beginning of December every year. Just incredible! So many bald eagles, geese, duck varieties & swans. www.fws.gov/refuge/loess...

What say you? Are you Antifa?

HOPE IS POWERFUL. Hope is the thing with feathers Emily Dickinson Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm

Private prison company CoreCivic now says it will apply for a permit to house immigration detainees in Leavenworth, Kansas. The company had previously argued it didn't need a permit.

NCAA must consider if there are too many bowl games, the impact of NIL money, & the transfer portal on the sport? I would be 😡 if teams who were asked to be in a bowl game after the initial team declined were fined. KU finished 5-7. Bowl games need to be earned. www2.kusports.com/sports/colle...

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Now we're talking! Bottoms up!