Editor's Kid

Halloween and Thanksgiving with COVID

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The Halloween lights are up outside, and the pumpkins are ready. We even have one bag of candy. And my grandson, 7, has a very scary new costume. Halloween in the Age of COVID But what will Halloween in the age of COVID look like? We live in one of the city’s “hot spots,” and […]

Editor's Kid

Alligator in the Outhouse

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This story always made me giggle and wonder, but my father swore it was true. The event took place at his Grandma Franklin’s house on east 14th Street in Kansas City. She lived in a rambling two-story house. The dining room, where Thanksgiving was held, was lit by an old gas light fixture. All the […]