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Visiting Lucas
Last week my family and I took a day trip and visited the little Kansas town of Lucas. It is probably most famous for the Garden of Eden, created by S.P. Dinsmoor in the early 1900s, but there is...
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Happy Birthday Kansas!
Kansas entered the Union as the 34th state on January 29, 1861, 100 years and some months before I was born. It is celebrating its 154th birthday today. I love my state. It often gets kind of a bum...
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Hometown Small Business Shopping -the Grocery Store
I love small town living! There is just a special feel among the businesses, the people, the schools… a camaraderie that just is different than that of the bigger cities I have lived in. Kind of a...
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Bluebird Books
Today is Independent Bookstore Day, celebrated by bookstores all over the country, including my own favorite local bookstore Bluebird Books of Hutchinson, Kansas. In honor of this day full of special...
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Market Day
Every Thursday evening, a nearby small town has the Arlington Farm and Art Market. It is chock full of local flavor and small town fun. It is much more laid back than any other show I do, actually...
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Arlington Farm and Art Market
This week was the last Arlington Farm and Art Market of the 2015 season. I have so enjoyed getting to know the friendly (and energetic!) small town Arlington folk. Such a great little community, and...
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Fall Festival
Way back in the summer months I sketched up buttons for our small town fall festival using the Wizard of Oz theme. After sending sketches back and forth making changes, getting committee approval,...
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Hometown
Once in awhile I get to be part of a fun and sentimental commissioned project. This one was a hometown piece for a Christmas gift incorporating a church, main street businesses, and the old water...
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Tight Knit Community
“Tight Knit Community” is collage and paint mixed media on an 18 x 24 cradled wood panel. I live in a small town and I love the feel of community there. If someone has a need, the whole community...
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