Toto, I have the feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore…oh, wait, we are. I was a few hours into my research on Kentucky, when it occurred to me that something was missing. Something very flat. Something very boring (have you ever driven I-70 across Kansas? There are like two turns in the entire State, one…
Some of you may have noticed that there has been a slight delay in reporting on Iowa. (Okay, so maybe 2 and a half months is a tad more than “slight”….) Well, I needed to wait until the final results from the Presidential Caucus could be included. We all know that Iowa is the first…
Lord, I can’t go back there. Okay, so I had a senior moment and a song flashback. It ain’t easy finding a way to start these sometimes. I mean, we’ve all been staying home and social distancing (which is really easy if you live alone. And cats are basically the mascots for social distancing…) so…
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE What do they have to do with our new destination? Hopefully by the end of this month’s States Well Stated we will both know. So, what follows Idaho? Lucky for me, not Iowa (which I am still sick of). Off we go to Illinois! The area was first “discovered” by Europeans…
HELLO GOODBYE Remember that old Beatles song “You say good-bye, and I say hello”? It might well have been written with our next target in mind. Aloha and welcome to the Nation’s most recent state (if you can call 1959 recent) Hawai’i. Yes, for the natives, that extra mark is necessary. They think it helps…