I’m currently in Kansas on Holiday.
(And no, I didn’t ask for her opinion)
“Satan should be her name
Mother in law, mother in law
To me they’re about the same
Mother in law, mother in law
Everytime I open my mouth
She steps in, tries to put me out
How could she stoop so low?
Mother in law, mother in law
Mother in law, mother in law”
Lyric by Huey Lewis, Mother in Law
I’m currently in Kansas on Holiday.
Welcome to Wakeeney, Kansas (WakeeneyKansas.com)
1. The racial makeup of the city is 97% White.
2. The median age is 44 years.
3. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.7 males.
4. Males have a median income of $26,292 versus $16,435 for females.
5. Males make 60% more money than females in Wakeeney, Kansas!
“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee…
The revery alone will do if bees are few.”
Poem by Emily Dickinson, To Make a Prairie
“What do we want with this vast and worthless area,
of this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of
shifting sands and whirlwinds, of dust, of cactus and prairie
dogs; to what use could we ever hope to put these great
deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable
and covered to their very base with eternal snow?”
Quotation by U.S. Senator Daniel Webster (1824)
I’m flying to Kansas (Part 1) today to meet
the rest of my husband’s family. I’m nervous.
“The peak U.S. tornado season runs from March through early July.”
-American Red Cross
Tornado obliterates Kansas farming town, 9 dead (Reuters 2007)
Kansas Killer Tornadoes 1879-2007 (TornadoChaser.com)
Kansas Grasshopper Plague of 1874 (Kansas State Historical Society)
“Anything goes in Wichita. Leave your revolvers at police headquarters.”
Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State (The WPA Guide to Kansas, 1939)
I’m leaving tomorrow for a holiday in Kansas.
Don’t worry, I have regular Encore Seraphine updates planned.
But if I don’t come back, please send a search party.
30 Years Of Man’s Life Disappear In Mysterious Kansas Rectangle (The Onion)
Fun Facts about Fossils, Rocks and the Landscape of Kansas (Travel Kansas) (pdf)
Fence Posts are a Scenic Attraction in Kansas (Natural Kansas)
“For thousands the world is a freak show, the
images flicker past and disappear, the impressions
remain flat and disconnected in the soul.”
Quotation from Wolfgang Von Goethe, Third Pilgrimage to Erwin’s Grave
I’ll be on holiday to Kansas starting next week. Don’t
worry, I’ve scheduled regular updates while I’m gone.
Scared of Storms, Circus Elephants Flee in Kansas (cnn.com)
Forecast: A Tornado Outbreak in Kansas (The Wichita Eagle)
Outbreak of Pruritic Rashes in Kansas Associated with Mites 2004 (cdc.gov)
Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Saintpaul
(cdc.gov)
“The line-storm clouds fly
tattered and swift.
The road is forlorn all day.”
Poem by Robert Frost, A Line–Storm Song