Take a Walk with Birkenstock

My mother received her degree from the University of Kansas in entomology. Therefore, I spent much of my childhood running around our yard with a butterfly net chasing monarchs, red spotted purple...

"History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” —David McCullough

After the inauguration of President Eisenhower, former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess headed to the train station to go home to Independence, MO. He had no job, no pension and no secr...

"You can do just about anything except sit around and watch television..."

The sounds of the Everley Brothers, Elvis and Buddy Holly on the loudspeakers perfectly blend with the revving of car engines and the smells of food vendors. It is a party. It is the 37th annual...

My memories of my grandfather were all of a dignified older bald man. He was a surgeon, always nattily dressed. He was soft-spoken and reassuringly serious. His name was Erastus. Although as a you...

The mighty sunflower is the state flower of Kansas.  This magnificent flower is actually numerous flowers located in a single "flower head". Most of our sunflower farms are out in western Kansas...

For more than a century Trinity Church dominated the New York City skyline. The first Trinity was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1776 during the Revolution. Rebuilt in 1790, the second version col...

Cities which are more walkable have populations which are healthier. That makes sense. The more you walk, the healthier you will be. Studies also show that walking in nature every day not only im...