My Second Graduation

May 30th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots

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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 [...]

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Artisans

May 4th, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day

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Ada and Anna working to mosaic the gate to the chicken yard.  Sun makes it hard to see.

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Who’s Your Organizer

May 2nd, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots

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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 [...]

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New Chicks

May 2nd, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day

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Ada and Anna playing with the new chicks in our cleaned up chicken yard.  Hope they shower.

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Pissy Rivers

March 26th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots

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I wrote this post at the beginning of basketball season.  The season didn’t play out as I’d hoped.  Now, I am an enthusiastic fan of the K-State Wildcats.  Ask my kids what our rules are about who to cheer for in a game and they will tell you.  KU first, Big-12 second, never for Mizzou. *     *     * The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team is kicking off the official start to a new basketball season with the 25th Annual Late [...]

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