Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
To visit the highest point in the state of Oklahoma, Black Mesa Summit, we hiked 9 miles round trip. To visit the highest point in the state of Kansas, we drove right up to it. I will admit, it was a nice change. That being said, Mount Sunflower is in the middle of nowhere Wallace
Title: Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellAuthor: Susanna ClarkePublication Date: 2004Publishing House: Bloomsbury USA Back in January I read Nail Gaiman’s The View from the Cheap Seats. And in addition to Gaiman suggesting some great bands, he also talks about other books. Some of those books are ones he read and some, like this one, he read
I love the bright colors and delicate petals of early spring blooms. A couple of weeks ago I got the macro lens out and went off with the Bear to capture my favorite spring blooms. I will admit that taking close up pictures of flowers with an easily distracted dogs can be difficult but things
After visiting the Keystone Gallery and Historic Scott Lake State Park we headed to Scott City and visited the El Quartelejo Museum. This museum tells the history of the area surrounding Scott City – from prehistoric times to the present. The museum is free to visit and is open Tuesday through Saturday 1pm to 5pm.
The prompt from this week’s writing group was historical fiction set a 1,000 or more years into the future. Mine is based off of a mocumentary style historical fiction that someone in the future mistakes for actually history and then runs with making it even more ridiculous. This was a lot of fun to write.
After visiting the Keystone Gallery we headed to Historic Scott Lake State Park. There is a day pass fee of $5 per vehicle to visit Scott Lake. Visitors can camp and hike at this state park. We particularly went to visit the El Cuartelejo site. This is the site of “the remains of the northernmost
Life has me a little behind on my normally scheduled posts. That being said, I hope you enjoy these photos from small Texas and Kansas towns that my wonderful husband took on the last trip that don’t really fit anywhere else. What do you think of analog photography? Let me know in the comments! Have
This is not my recipe but it is delicious and I wanted to share it. I tried making this olive oil cake from Food52. This cake is easy to make and super moist. For this version I switched out the whole milk for oat milk because it is what I had available and no one
The day after our hike up Black Mesa Summit we decided to go to Scott City to the local state park and a museum there. Well, we got sidetracked and decided to visit the Keystone Gallery first. If you are fan of the prehistoric this is a must visit place. The proprietor of the gallery
Title: A Fire EndlessAuthor: Rebecca RossPublication Date: 2022Publishing House: Harper Voyager This the second book in the Elements of Cadence series. This is a duology, so the second book is the last book in the series. I got the first book in the series, A River Enchanted, from Book of the Month. This book I picked
McGee Travel Tales 