What Eisenhower Can and Can’t Do

Last time I went to Abilene, I cried. This was an accomplishment. Middle aged me can rarely cry. This time, I had a panic attack over a grilled cheese sandwich. Ha! In the Eisenhower chapel, the famous couple is buried along with their child who died long before they did. I sat and read about […]

The Sounds They Make

I remember during covid there was a time people realized nothing mattered more than art. Was there a new episode of a series you loved? Everything is solved. Had your favorite musician put out a song you could hear? The day is saved. Maybe relationships matter. But relationships are built on stories, which are art. […]

Brookside History

I was so lonely so much of the time in New York, but I did enjoy doing things alone becuase I could give them my full attention. I visited museums, took walks, and explored without the component of discussing it. So when none of my friends took me up on another historical walking tour, I […]

Westport, Kansas City’s Wildest West

We stood on the spot where the cemetery used to be. “He didn’t want to live next to a cemetery, so he had all the people dug up and moved.” Our tour guide read from a stapled stack of pages, researched by another Kansas City historian. Our tour was “Wicked Westport,” and it was, as […]