The weather people in Kansas City are predicting that peak color will occur in our area during the week of Halloween. One of my favorite pictures of this autumn so far appears in this post. As a colorblind person, I respond to the color of the leaves, the shadows on the ground and the tree, and the contrast between light and dark. The Missouri River looks more colorful in this picture. (The picture looks best if you click on it.)
When I get the chance and want to vary where I walk, I sometimes visit the grounds of the Veterans Administration.
Lake Juliette, which is located near the VA cemetery, provides a half-mile walking path. Although there should be more benches around the lake, it still provides a pleasant place to visit on Sunday afternoons when there isn't much traffic and very few, if any, people. I make at least two laps around the lake whenever I visit.
No matter how hard I try to get a picture of the turtles sunning themselves on one of the sunken trees, they can detect my steps and even my shadow and slip into the water. I have been lucky enough, on a few occasions, to get a glimpse of a great blue heron when I am sitting on one of the benches.
Not all of the buildings at the VA have been renovated, unfortunately. I have managed to get a few pictures of the decaying buildings, with the aim of eventually posting these pictures in a Facebook group named Abandoned Kansas.
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Choeofpleirn Press is seeking collections of essays for its nonfiction contest. More information appears in the flyer. The deadline is December 31, 2022.
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Our issue of Rushing Thru the Dark 2022 is now available as an pdf through our website and as a print book through Amazon. This issue contains eleven plays, one screenplay, the work of six artists, and thirty-four poems.
