Brick

We visited family over the weekend, driving almost six hours to Warrensburg-Knob Noster, Mo. A half-dozen or so in-laws were there, for the retirement ceremony of a 25-year airman, a stepbrother-in-law. His last deployment was to Whiteman Air Force Base. The career began in fuels and ended in the branch’s financing branch, ensuring personnel and [...]

Pinnacle Hills Promenade, the new shopping center in Rogers inspired by The Truman Show, is wonderful to mock. It features Muzak-like music via outdoor Bose speakers. It markets itself as upscale while including tenants like Payless Shoes and Dairy Queen. Sunday marked my fourth visit — and the first time My Beloved and I visited [...]

On Wednesday, a prominent farmer’s house caught fire (here and here). He and his wife got out, due to smoke detectors waking them, but he went back in. He didn’t leave. On Thursday, trucking magnate J.B. Hunt died, several days after slipping on ice outside his home (here and here). Now, both were men up [...]