tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193009922010-02-08T20:37:29.682-06:00Dispatches From KansasEssays taken from a weekly newspaper column published in the Washington County News, Washington, Kansas. Look for my book, "Dispatches From Kansas," available from Amazon.com or from the author.tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.netBlogger622125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-82991309892784040672010-02-08T17:52:00.003-06:002010-02-08T18:00:28.791-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 39tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-68989906274445512112010-02-07T13:22:00.003-06:002010-02-07T13:26:15.136-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 38tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-20715929287016338352010-02-06T14:55:00.002-06:002010-02-06T15:01:16.851-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 37tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-32239192338696175042010-02-05T17:42:00.003-06:002010-02-05T17:48:49.163-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 36tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-13930106006337204102010-02-04T15:28:00.003-06:002010-02-04T15:33:52.208-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 35tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-5290834883139781102010-02-04T08:03:00.001-06:002010-02-04T08:05:36.997-06:00Mountainair, New Mexicotomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-6316125389574801352010-02-04T06:30:00.001-06:002010-02-06T14:28:21.801-06:00What keeps us, what pushes us awayI want to go but I wanna stay. – Sarah Jarosz Change is the only certainty but of course we all know that. When we’re young it seems to materialize at an incremental pace only slightly more meteoric than drying paint, but as we age it increases tempo and becomes infused with a measure of regret and distrust that only accentuates the relentless subtraction of years. That we learn to dread changetomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-30967422593601796962010-02-03T17:58:00.008-06:002010-02-04T10:36:53.187-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 34tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-51616832001605193062010-02-02T18:02:00.003-06:002010-02-02T18:05:59.849-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 33tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-56916397204827009602010-02-01T18:41:00.003-06:002010-02-01T18:48:23.401-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 32tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-73962426074257083082010-01-31T14:52:00.002-06:002010-01-31T14:54:34.408-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 31tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-25881762062297515882010-01-31T10:56:00.002-06:002010-01-31T10:57:34.095-06:00The clothesline in colortomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-54946370336755030062010-01-30T17:56:00.006-06:002010-01-31T07:07:04.718-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 30tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-90908565411356620232010-01-29T15:33:00.004-06:002010-01-29T15:38:02.447-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 29tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-74991549870277951312010-01-28T17:33:00.004-06:002010-01-29T05:30:49.256-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 28tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-46216008251859411982010-01-28T06:36:00.002-06:002010-01-28T10:56:48.428-06:00Strange new worldDuring the night strange lights flickered in the field. That they were there at all was something of a shock. For days, for weeks, a gray fog had settled over us with a steadfastness that was almost supernatural, as if we were cursed to never again see the light of day but remain cloaked in a cold dismal mist without beginning or end. As if that weren’t misery enough, misery was compounded with tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-24096517080539201692010-01-27T16:18:00.001-06:002010-01-27T16:20:19.531-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 27tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-22547898408033142422010-01-26T17:45:00.002-06:002010-01-26T17:49:11.512-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 26tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-68092654471678260672010-01-26T05:24:00.002-06:002010-01-26T05:26:41.359-06:00Back by popular demand (for Kim and Cheryl)tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-90398438284435498082010-01-25T17:59:00.004-06:002010-01-25T18:06:37.755-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 25tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-27230845246743335562010-01-24T16:33:00.002-06:002010-01-24T16:36:26.661-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 24tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-49259276683159064232010-01-23T15:52:00.004-06:002010-01-23T16:00:06.520-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 23tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-14526764244307880712010-01-22T15:57:00.002-06:002010-01-22T16:01:47.671-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 22tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-75009444995288035242010-01-21T16:34:00.001-06:002010-01-21T16:36:21.030-06:00Vernal Equinox Project: Day 21tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300992.post-59072557172332651042010-01-21T05:58:00.000-06:002010-01-21T05:59:44.344-06:00tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351116214626024883tlparker1@sbcglobal.net0