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Water Water Everywhere
We're moving on Lake of the Ozarks but the lake is still. Another amazing (ha) video by Cutest. In Kansas City, when anybody says...
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Aug 7, 20253 min read


The Plaza Then - Now - Tomorrow
Cute here, doing my blog bit while Cutest tries to find relief from the usual summertime heat and humidity. Today dear blog fans, I’m...
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Jul 29, 20252 min read


Dining, Drinking, Destroying Doldrums?
I, Cutest, have to admit that the possibility for summer doldrums and even boredom do exist in July and August in Kansas or Missouri. Or...
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Jul 22, 20253 min read


Westward Ho
In an effort to escape Kansas City’s notorious summer arm-pit-sticking weather, last week Cutest and I decided to drive out and enjoy...
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Jul 15, 20253 min read


In Mourning, Doves
Sometimes, things just don’t work out. We think we’re going to someplace fun and wonderful and interesting enough to share. But it turns...
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Jul 1, 20252 min read


HOW TO WATCH A MOVIE AND ROW YOUR DRAGON
Summer having officially begun, Cutest and I decided to take in a movie, outdoors. Since drive-in movies have gone the way of 25 cent...
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Jun 23, 20252 min read


Everyone Loves a Parade
Saturday, friend Kathy texted me and asked if I were going. Nah, I said. I had no signs, no shirt, and will it really do any good to...
TheBetterHalf
Jun 17, 20253 min read


The Art of Putt-Putt
It’s not true that trying to learn to golf taught me to curse. It did, however, colorfully increase my vocabulary. Cutest here. I took...
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Jun 10, 20252 min read


AIR GUITARS . . . ALIVE & SICK IN KC!
(Sick is good you know.) Allow me just a moment. I need to turn down the volume on one of the videos Cutest shot at this weekend's local...
TheBetterHalf
Jun 3, 20253 min read


Hi, Hi, Birdie
As a grown-up, I’ve lived in houses in Shawnee, Kansas City, north Overland Park, and Lake Quivira. As an even older grown-up, I’ve...
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May 27, 20252 min read


Don't Forget the Nelson
Back when Cutest and I were in grade school, a visit to the Kansas City Zoo and the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art were always on...
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May 20, 20252 min read


Ja, in Copenhagen
That's not Elaine in Seinfeld and not a photo, either. Cutest here. I took a trip to Copenhagen this last week with my friend, Linda and...
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May 14, 20252 min read


ARRF Fair Time
Spring has sprung and so have the annual art festivals. These gatherings pop up like spring dandelions in parking lots, on main streets,...
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May 4, 20252 min read


Part III: Waymo Than You Wanted to Know - San Francisco
With our cross-country train trip now just a memory and a story, we thought we’d end our three part saga with San Francisco, whose death...
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Apr 29, 20253 min read


Part II: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Cutest (occasionally) and I (always) like to think of ourselves as romantics. We get a kick out of date nights; we snuggle on the couch...
TheBetterHalf
Apr 21, 20253 min read


Planes, Trains, and . . . Waymo
Rather unexpectedly, having been ensconced in KC for well over two months, Cute and I decided to take a good ole USA trip. Words I’ve...
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Apr 12, 20252 min read


A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. . . A LITTLE BIT OF BOOZE
Majors, 1814-1900, made his fortune as a wagon train freighter who later co-founded the Pony Express. He had nothing to do with booze...
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Apr 1, 20253 min read


Wild Animals and Renovation: A Valuable Resource We Don’t Visit Enough
The other night Cute and I ambled over to the Nelson-Atkins where we are members but don’t remember to go there often enough. It...
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Mar 25, 20252 min read


The Plaza Awakens - Is it Spring Yet?
In March, Mother Nature behaves like teenagers on school mornings. You yell upstairs and politely ask them to get up. After a five-minute...
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Mar 18, 20252 min read


Big Ideas - from Stowers and Maybe Not Sooo Big from Me
A week ago, Cute and I got away from our unboxing, hanging pictures, re-cluttering activities and went to Stowers Institute for their...
TheBetterHalf
Mar 11, 20252 min read
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