Comments on: 052308 http://www.cobaltika.com/journal/archives/320 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: cobaltika http://www.cobaltika.com/journal/archives/320#comment-78 cobaltika Tue, 27 May 2008 17:23:13 +0000 http://www.cobaltika.com/journal/archives/320#comment-78 yes, mary, allen, too! we made the tour of little towns that i have heard of but never been to, on that day. we saw Admire, too! (-: i can totally imagine being a kid and going with grandpa to that park in Bushong. the original playground equiment was still there, under HUGE trees, across from the big old school. it would have been quite thrilling. i would love to see some of these small towns come to life again. the first thing they will need, will be groceries ... and hardware. and artists!!! i can see it happening... i have vowed never to set foot in a WalMart again. ever. thank you for visiting, Bill! i am coming to visit you now... yes, mary, allen, too! we made the tour of little towns that i have heard of but never been to, on that day. we saw Admire, too! (-: i can totally imagine being a kid and going with grandpa to that park in Bushong. the original playground equiment was still there, under HUGE trees, across from the big old school. it would have been quite thrilling.

i would love to see some of these small towns come to life again. the first thing they will need, will be groceries … and hardware. and artists!!! i can see it happening…

i have vowed never to set foot in a WalMart again. ever.

thank you for visiting, Bill! i am coming to visit you now…

]]> By: M. Buek http://www.cobaltika.com/journal/archives/320#comment-66 M. Buek Tue, 27 May 2008 11:54:03 +0000 http://www.cobaltika.com/journal/archives/320#comment-66 Not Allen, Kansas, too. Another place my dad used to take us kids -- can't remember why exactly. You have been hanging around in my old stomping grounds. And I love the Harveyville Project. I went home to Osage City on Saturday. I remember when I was a kid and the farmers came to town on Saturdays and there were no parking places to be had. On Saturday, there were maybe five cars parked in the entire two blocks of "downtown", and that was with the annual class reunion weekend taking place. Sad, but the place needs someone with vision to bring some life back to it, as do many such small towns that have been decimated by the Wal-Marts of the world. Maybe the high price of gas will bring a revival to some of these places, but something like the Harveyville Project could blaze the trail. Not Allen, Kansas, too. Another place my dad used to take us kids — can’t remember why exactly. You have been hanging around in my old stomping grounds. And I love the Harveyville Project. I went home to Osage City on Saturday. I remember when I was a kid and the farmers came to town on Saturdays and there were no parking places to be had. On Saturday, there were maybe five cars parked in the entire two blocks of “downtown”, and that was with the annual class reunion weekend taking place. Sad, but the place needs someone with vision to bring some life back to it, as do many such small towns that have been decimated by the Wal-Marts of the world. Maybe the high price of gas will bring a revival to some of these places, but something like the Harveyville Project could blaze the trail.

]]> By: Bill Smith http://www.cobaltika.com/journal/archives/320#comment-54 Bill Smith Sun, 25 May 2008 00:37:07 +0000 http://www.cobaltika.com/journal/archives/320#comment-54 Thank you for sharing about The Harveyville Project - I featured them in my blog, today. Love your building photo from Allen, as well! I really enjoy my Google Alert for Blogs on "Kansas Flint Hills!" Yours came up today! Our 22 county Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc. promotes visits to the Kansas Flint Hills – the website is: http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/ Hard to believe it has been over a year now since the 22 page color photo spread in National Geographic's April 2007 Issue on the Kansas Flint Hills, as a distinctive landscape. We are now working to get the Kansas Flint Hills designated as a National Heritage Area. We would appreciate a link from your site, to ours, if you are willing to do so. THANKS! Best wishes! Dr. Bill ;-) Personal Blog: http://flinthillsofkansas.blogspot.com/ Thank you for sharing about The Harveyville Project - I featured them in my blog, today.
Love your building photo from Allen, as well!

I really enjoy my Google Alert for Blogs on “Kansas Flint Hills!”
Yours came up today!
Our 22 county Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc. promotes visits to the Kansas Flint Hills – the website is: http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/
Hard to believe it has been over a year now since the 22 page color photo spread in National Geographic’s April 2007 Issue on the Kansas Flint Hills, as a distinctive landscape. We are now working to get the Kansas Flint Hills designated as a National Heritage Area.

We would appreciate a link from your site, to ours, if you are willing to do so. THANKS!
Best wishes!

Dr. Bill ;-)

Personal Blog: http://flinthillsofkansas.blogspot.com/

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