Happy Kansas Day!
On this very day, 146 years ago, Kansas was granted statehood into this great union…hence Kansas Day. In honor of this historic day I give you a great quote from Ken Nelson, via Dave Slusher…both Kansas-Expatriates.
Enjoy the quote even if you have moved on from the great Kansa…it’ll make you glad that you spent your formative years in the good ol’ wheat state.
“I’d love to be back there again, to live out my remaining days amongst salt of the earth people, to be able to see the Chieves and Jayhawks without paying out the wazoo for some sports package. I’d love to be able to drive to my maternal side of the family for their annual October dinner. I’d love to live in a place that’s a real community, where people look out after each other without being overbearing buttinskis. I’d love to live in a place where Friday night high school football is the event of the week. I’d love to live in a place where wheat fields wave like the sea. Did you know there are more colors of green and gold in a wheat field than you ever imagined? I ‘d love to see a sunset that stretches for miles across the sky. I’d love to be there in pheasant season, and know some hunters who share their bounty (SWMBO and I have had some magnificent pheasant out of our smoke pit).
Man, I miss all that.”-Ken Nelson
There is definitely something to be said about living in this great-american-desert. Hope everyone had a great monday.
Thanks, Matt, for mentioning my humble blog. I meant every word of that post. I’d forgotten just how pretty the Great Seal of Kansas is, as I see it alongside your post.
I added your blog to my aggregator this morning. Keep up the good work. I’ll be reading.
-k-
January 30th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Thanks for the comment Ken, and more importantly thanks for the quote. Sometimes it takes another perspective to remind me how beautiful a place Kansas is. While I might live in Lawrence these days, which is a relative metropolis when compared to most Kansas small towns, you can’t escape that feeling of community.
Speaking of small towns I believe the girlfriend and I will be heading to atchison this weekend so look out for some pictures. I seem to always find good things to photograph when I’m there.
The aggregator love has definitely been reciprocated. :)
January 31st, 2007 at 6:39 am