Dragging Main with a few friends
November 6th, 2011 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: Atwood, Friends, High School
I enjoy driving back and forth on three town blocks for hours on end just as much as the next person. Don’t get me wrong. But sometimes it’s just not a satisfying experience. Dragging “Main” was our primary activity on Friday (after the football or basketball game) and Saturday nights in high school. We didn’t actually spend much time on Main Street. Fourth Street was the main drag in town. The Fourth Street circuit was bookended by the Methodist Church [...]
Read more...My Second Graduation
May 30th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: College, Friends, Kansas
I am looking forward to graduation this year. I will be walking down Campanile Hill into Memorial Stadium with the University of Kansas class of 1988. I walked down the Hill last May, too. But, this year will be much better. Last year I spent my graduation week with my parents, brother and Uncle Mac. My grand father Creighton was their, too. I was joining parents and grandfather as a Jayhawk alums — fifth generation on my mom’s side, third [...]
Read more...Artisans
May 4th, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day
Tags: Ada Grace, Friends, Longmont, Pets
Ada and Anna working to mosaic the gate to the chicken yard. Sun makes it hard to see.
Read more...Who’s Your Organizer
May 2nd, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: Atwood, Friends, High School, Social Media
Groups don’t stay together long without help. We’re like cats. We tend to drift off in our own direction doing our own thing unless someone herds us back together. That’s the way it is with groups. Groups need someone to organize activities and events. Someone must make sure everyone in the group knows what’s going on. Someone must help people feel welcome and connected. Over time, someone must make sure members of the group know what is happening in one [...]
Read more...New Chicks
May 2nd, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day
Tags: Ada Grace, Family, Friends, Longmont
Ada and Anna playing with the new chicks in our cleaned up chicken yard. Hope they shower.
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