Community theater brings back city style
Summary: How Auburn Community Theater is putting the high-rise back in my attitude. A year and a half ago, I was sitting in my classy super-cheap apartment on a borrowed couch, looking over the Topeka...
View ArticleHorticulture: More than a funny word
Summary: Although it definitely is a funny word, it's also a widespread talent in Kansas. When I first moved into a house with a yard, I decided that to supplement my meager budget, I needed a...
View ArticleDesigner's Showcase: Getting my starter palate in interior design
My sophomore year of college, I was living in a house near the Washburn University campus, employed as a sort of groundskeeper by the organization that owned it. The house seemed massive, with columns...
View ArticleHippies, recycling, Cat Stevens and green fairs
In college, I found out something about myself that my parents say they had known for years: I’m a bit of a hippie.I don’t know how they guessed it. Perhaps it was the bead curtain, lava lamps, incense...
View ArticleNavigating the morass of student loan debt repayment
Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived in a magical land where rent was low, she could walk everywhere she needed to go, and rewards were based in large part on attendance.We’ll just call this...
View ArticleMissing Memorial Day weekend
Memorial day is just around the corner, and with it comes the beginning of the swimming lessons /little league/ soccer practice/ find a babysitter /how did it get so durn hot season.My usual tradition...
View ArticleEducational summer activities on a budget: Challenge accepted
I am the all-time winner of the “Aunt of the Lifetime” award, which I won for "aunting" my niece and two nephews. I give piggyback rides. I think of epic gifts. I babysit. I let them eat the snacks my...
View ArticleBoys & Girls Clubs: Opportunity to volunteer for a better Topeka
Not everyone gets excited about dirt. But looking out the window of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Topeka, Janel Bowers does.Bowers is the Chief Development Officer of BGC Topeka, and from the building...
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