After that long break, I’m driving again. I went from my friend’s in southeastern Wisconsin as far as Kansas City today — I’m going to Denver for Christmas, and although the southern route (via Missouri and Kansas) is a few hours longer than the northern route (via Iowa and Nebraska), because of the winter storms on the satelite, I made the choice of taking the southern route. Plus, I always have a special feeling for Kansas City, even though I rarely stop there. I had a lot of relatives there at one time, though most of them have redistributed over the years — it’s my mother’s birthplace, and her mother’s too, I think. So it’s a kind of maternal-line homeland. Plus, I just think it’s an interesting and attractive city.
