I CLINK … From Kansas

Clink on an early Sunday morning and Mother’s Day 2023. I don’t know the specific year I gave this plate to my Mom, I was maybe six or seven. I remember it cost me ten cents at the flea market and I just knew she would love it as much as I loved her. It…

Clink from Kansas on a perfect, 68 degree, and peaceful Sunday morning. Hakuna Matata .. no worries this morning, just a nice cup of ☕️ coffee, the music of birds and the promise in a new day and coming warmth of the sun. New marigolds in a white rusty container, a fun candled lantern on…

Happy Sunday on this the last Sunday of April 2023. Yesterday Katie and I enjoyed the early morning vibes of our local Farm and Art Market downtown. This may or may not come as a surprise but the first stop is always where is the coffee. Yesterday morning it was a fun little spot on…

Abe Lincoln Quote: “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Good morning on this the twenty third of April 2023. Yesterday we celebrated big time my father in law Jack Halls 90th birthday. The room packed and full of so many family, friends and…

Clink to you all on this Sunday the 16th the very middle of April and cusp of Spring. I came across this word the other day and as words often do for me, it intrigued me to the point of learning its origin and history. It appears that nevertheless actually dates back to the late…

It has been said through family folklore that when Louise, my mother in law, was a little girl she would sing, swing and say, when I grow up I am going to have twelve children and a big family someday. Louise, through her words and song, spread those seeds from her heart and dreams up…

A clink and conversation on this the first weekend of April 2023. I decided to take the month of March off from clinking to allow myself the space I needed to focus on supporting my husband during his recent surgery on March 7th. For those unaware, Richard had a very invasive Esophagectomy to remove five…

Good morning and how about a Clink with a view from the 95th floor.   THE SIGNATURE ROOM AT THE 95TH is an upscale restaurant and lounge high atop the former John Hancock building at 875 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. I text my niece Megan, pictured here on the right with her husband…

Good morning and Clink on this fine third Sunday of February. I did a thing yesterday, I fulfilled a goal I had sat for myself of joining a writing group in the new year and so I joined the KWA, Kansas Writers Association. Yesterday was my very first meeting and I felt a little anxious…