Signs of Crossroads
The Crossroads neighborhood in Kansas City is an arts district.Of course, people disagree on what art is.And for some reason, [...]
Restoring Land to Farmers
In Chafee County, Colorado, where Buena Vista is located, David Lynch is working to create a program to link aging [...]
Shoe, My Foot: From Crossroads to Waldo in Kansas City
Note: Hathaway Shoe has closed its Waldo Store. Its other location, in Leawood, Kansas, is J. Hathaway Shoe Boutique. I [...]
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on the Plaza, Kansas City
In 2007, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City added the Bloch Building. Steven Holl Architects designed it to [...]
Pizza and Gelato in Waldo
The Sweet Guy closed some time in the spring or summer of 2010. I've been reading a book about peri-menopause, [...]
Home-Grown Stores in Waldo
Two stores, only about a mile apart in Waldo, that many people would lump into the same category. Yet they're [...]
Saturday on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City
I drove my gas-guzzling Dodge Dakota to the 350.org virtual march for climate action in Kansas City. Why? Because I [...]
The Bistro Versus the Grill
Last night my sister and father and I had dinner at Avenues Bistro at the corner of Wornall and 63rd [...]
North Pole Ice-Free in 10 to 20 Years
According to the Catlin Arctic Survey team, most of the current ice at the North Pole is of recent origin [...]
Thursday in Waldo: Visiting Old Haunts and New in Kansas City
Until the summer of my eleventh birthday, in 1973, I lived in a house near 70th and Holmes in Kansas [...]
Pond Scum Energy
Solix Biofuels is a Colorado company that takes microalgae and puts them in a closed chamber, harvests the oil produced [...]
Watch the Waste Swale Away
Via Sierra magazine (September-October 2009) comes an article about an innovative way to deal with flooding and "wastewater." If you [...]
Restore the Air with Clean Cookstoves
Envirofit has designed a cookstove that will reduce indoor air pollution and improve the health of women and children and [...]
Brookside: Day of Two Coffee Shops
Monday afternoon I headed north to Brookside again, taking Highway 71 to 63rd Street and passing Research Hospital, where one [...]
Kansas City Bookstores: Reading Reptile in Brookside
On a quick trip to Brookside on Saturday, I discovered a magical place, a bookstore for children where I wanted [...]
Kansas Photos: Salina
On Tuesday, the last day of my drive across Kansas, I spent several hours in Salina, 3 to 4 hours [...]
Kansas Photos: Stone Gallery
The wet drive across Kansas took me three days. While I was slip-sliding down I-70, I found this lovely place [...]
Denver Photos: Ink!
I’m going to repeat myself a bit today, to make up for not posting yesterday (I had a copyediting deadline). [...]
Denver Photos: Red Velvet
In Denver's South Platte River Valley neighborhood, around the corner from Paris on the Platte and right next to Colt [...]
Denver Restaurants: Paris on the Platte
At Paris on the Platte late Sunday morning, my waitress caught me photographing the menu and whisked it away after [...]
Denver Shops: Sous le Lit
This week I'll be taking you on a journey from one side of the South Platte River to the other. [...]
Denver Candy: Wen Chocolates
NOTE: Wen Chocolates closed its Platte retail location on February 14, 2010. Please see the website for more information. I [...]
Denver Grocery Stores: Vitamin Cottage
Vitamin Cottage is my favorite stop for produce and natural cosmetics and eco-friendly cleaners in the Denver Metro area (the [...]
Green Forest Works for Appalachia
Now here's a step in the right direction, a proposal to reforest about 10 percent of the Appalachian areas that [...]
Denver Photos: Sidewalk Views III
Perhaps it's because I generally get around on foot, but I tend to notice bikes locked up around Denver. This [...]