Zany Wit - 3+ weeks in Kansas

I am in Salina Kansas.  I’ll be here until mid September and I am getting to catch up on all the values and things I’ve lost or forgotten since moving away from here 40 some odd years ago.

One of the really basic precepts in living here is that if one wants to do an activity away from the house (or sometimes perhaps in the house) if one wants to do something, one has to ‘get ready’.  This can mean anything from changing to more appropriate clothes to getting some money to carry.  As is commonly known here, credit cards are fine but you never know when there will be a credit melt down or some such crisis requiring you to have money.  Changing clothes never used to be a problem back when everyone dressed like Ward and June Cleaver, but nowadays its different. 

Another thing about getting ready is making sure the car has enough gas, has a recent oil change, has enough air in the tires and knowing who is going with you on your activity and are THEY ready. 

As I sit in the guest bedroom at the back of my mom’s house listening to Fox News and the start of the Republican convention on volume level 45 across the house in the living room, I’m reminded of all the new knowledge that awaits my edification.  Gosh, you know, I’m actually looking forward to 25 more days of nothing but Fox News.  I’ve already heard quit a lot of their programming and have to say what a joy it is to listen to such a marvelous blend of downright zany wit, and unbridled caustic hatred towards all those not like us.  And we know who we are, don’t we?

Yes we do.  And we’re in Kansas.

More to come….