BurningbirdVia Kansas City Star, State Representative Cynthia Davis comments on a program to provide nutritional meals to poor kids during the summer. Representative Davis’ responses were pulled directly from her summer newsletter. Program description: Current economic woes make Summer Food Service Program more important than ever. Program provides nutritious meals to young people throughout the state. Davis […]
I’ve finished the re-organization of my web site, though I have odds and ends to finish up. I still have two major changes featuring SVG and RDFa that I need to incorporate, but the structure and web site designs are finished. Thanks to Drupal’s non-aggressive use of .htaccess, I’ve been able to create a top-level […]
By accident and restless choice, I am the ultimate stone that gathers no moss and have lived all over this country. In each location, I’ve hiked whatever wilderness the area boasts, and one doesn’t truly know how beautiful this country is until you’ve walked the fields and forests, beaches and rivers. In the Northwest, the […]
Even before Summer officially starts on Sunday, we’ve had heat alerts the last two days. Combined heat and humidity has led to effective temperatures of 105 degrees. We haven’t broken upper temperature records, but we have lower temperatures in the evening. As these two Grévy’s zebras demonstrate, the only way to handle weather like this […]
There is nothing more implacable than a decision waiting to be made. It can shake you out of sleep, pulling the covers off, forcing you out of bed and to your feet. It can hover around you during your waking hours, beating at you with tiny, subliminal fists of frustration. As time passes the decision […]