William Jennings Bryan Oleander

Folks, Claude Anderson and I were sitting in the Here, Kansas, Co-op, talking about the prospect of the next winter wheat crop. We can already see the…

Folks, last February I was paying attention. When all the other old coots at the Here, Kansas, Co-op were drowsing through the cold, or standing at the…

Well, folks, one morning I woke up to a completely still morning in Here, Kansas. No birds, no insects, no wind brushing the curtains through the screened…

In Here, Kansas, we citizens gather together every 4th of July. We don't call it an Old Settler's Reunion, because everyone in Here is already old, and we…

Folks, how many of you plan to vote in November? How about having to show that ID?Claude Anderson is trying to get me ready. He reminded me of the time,…

Folks, when I was a boy, we gave May Day flowers to everyone we could find home on the first of May. Well, I don’t have flowers, so I decided this year on…

Folks, when my great-grandson came to Here for a visit I took him for a long walk at the Oleander home place along No Mile Creek. He needed some outdoors,…

Folks, used to be I’d plant potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day even if I had to get muddy doing it. This year, I was lazy. Or was it tired? Or was it just…