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Four years ago, Ryan and I traveled to Hitachi, Japan (the home to the electronics company of the same name), to be part of an LST mission trip. When we prepared to leave Japan and come back home to the States, we made sure to be thorough in our goodbyes and thank yous because we [...]

This year we spent Independence Day with our great friends Tristan & Leslie Block and Leslie’s family in Windom, Kansas. They live on a farm and opened up their implement shed for a huge pot luck meal for family, friends, and neighbors: hamburgers made from the beef of one of their own cows, deviled eggs, [...]

This post is about 7 months behind, but I wanted to make sure and share it for the benefit of those that read our blog but are not on Facebook. Our involvement minister, Mark Yeakley, took photos and wrote the following description of this event: “The Northside Church of Christ’s children’s classes launched a giving [...]

I recently read an article in the NY Times about how Americans travel to other states or other countries, learning about the history and landmarks of other places, and yet don’t even know their own local areas. The article encouraged the readers to get out and explore their own area before spending lots of money [...]

Today, January 29th, our beautiful state Kansas turns 156 years old. Growing up I was surrounded by Kansas history and spent a lot of time at the Kansas Museum of History volunteering in the gift shop with Grandma Betty. I’m pretty sure that’s where our tradition of making Kansas Day cookies started. Each year Grandma [...]

For several weeks now we’ve been hearing a familiar but unknown bird call. When we would hear it call we’d try to trace the sound back to the source, but with no luck. 

We searched many web sites to get a picture of possible birds and an audio file of their calls. We had a couple ideas, [...]

Take some time tomorrow to check out the night sky for Comet Lulin; it will be near peak brightness and right next to Saturn. Check out the finder charts and comet calendar at Sky and Telescope.