Many of you have seen the news. The Webster-Kirkwood Times is going dark. At least for now. We will maintain an online presence for the coming month at minimum as we evaluate the future of the…
Six words can start a conversation.
The first part of this column was first published on Feb. 14, 2003.
It’s been about eight years since a dog last lived at my house. And Molly, the Boston Terrier in my house today, is only there for a week while her owners are on vacation.
It is hard for me to believe that it has already been 20 years since we welcomed with celebration and trepidation a new millennium. No, our computers did not crash. The lights stayed on. And h…
Home.
It is time for that annual reminder: Remember to shop local first!
Local libraries have archived issues of the four decades of Webster-Kirkwood Times. In our offices, we have a jumble of file cabinets in several different rooms that are at least intended to c…
Walt Whitman’s legacy lives on as one of America’s best-known poets. He was born 200 years ago on Long Island, New York. His poetry, his life and his St. Louis connections are being celebrated…
September is that busy month of local festivals. Summer is still with us and autumn not far away.
Cicadas, Katydids and Crickets
It’s hard for white folks to talk about racism. We think we are so beyond that R-word. We may have friends or associates of color. We may have voted for an African American. We haven’t a racis…
Most Americans of a certain age recall sitting for hours in front of a mostly-static TV screen on Sunday evening, July 20, 1969. A few hours earlier, two U.S. astronauts had made the first-eve…
Summer Solstice, the farthest northward arc of the sun in the Northern Hemisphere, occurs today, June 21. It is the day of the year with most hours and minutes between sunrise and sunset – 14 …
Fifty years ago this month I graduated from high school. There were 24 of us in the graduating class at Canton High School. Many of them are still in central Kansas. A couple have died. I have…
