Summer Hunts
June 3rd, 2011 by John Creighton in Snapshots
The Miller Moths are driving me crazy. (We only called them Miller’s when I was a kid but folks in Colorado look at me with a blank stare unless I say “moth,” too.) The onslaught of moths is my least favorite part of late spring/early summer. I hesitate each time I open a window this time of year flinching in anticipation of being hit in the face by the dirty beasts. I pretend not to notice the horrid brown spots [...]
Read more...Happy M’day Betsy
May 8th, 2011 by John Creighton in Snapshots
My mother-in-law, Betty Mickey, ended her tenure as Atwood, Kansas’ longest serving mayor last month. Some people will always call her “Mayor” – my brother-in-law Phil Priebe to name one. But in our house she’ll always be known as Grammies – or Bethel or Betsy depending on how hard you’re trying to get on her nerves. Grammies has six granddaughters and three grandsons. She showers them with love, attention and more candy than her daughters would prefer. She is generous [...]
Read more...What do minivans and politics have in common?
November 22nd, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Citizen Centric, Culture-Structure, Family, Public Leaders, Public Values
LONGMONT, Colo. — How is the 2011 Honda Odyssey, results from a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll and a dysfunctional Congress connected? They all are examples of American’s growing inability to compromise. Let’s start with the minivan. In the not too distant past, families had to find ways to tolerate each other’s company when going on road trips. A single radio, perhaps books and the people in the car were the only sources of entertainment available to passengers. Parents and [...]
Read more...So long Cornhuskers
November 16th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: Atwood, Family, Kansas, Sports
Dad would have been more than satisfied with the Jayhawks performance against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in their final game as Big 12 rivals. Kansas lost 20 to 3, but Dad never looked at the final score, only the Cornhuskers’ margin of victory. He considered the Jayhawks victors if they kept the spread under fifty-points. That was the requirement to collect a dollar from his long-time law partner and friend, Forest Brown. Dad is the only person I know who could [...]
Read more...Fashion
September 2nd, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day
Tags: Ada Grace, Family, School
The photographer (me) does not do justice to the fashion. Ada Grace carefully coordinates her outfit each day. She prefers hats, long socks and crinoline (though I may not know exactly what that is). Are the 80s back?
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