Religious experiences

B: "Mama, will you brush my hair in heaven?"

M: "Do you want me to?"

B: "Yes."

M: "OK, then I will."

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Near the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, I showed the kids a movie about the apparitions. Since then I have seen Kateri and Bernadette a couple of times on the stairs, both veiled, with Kateri kneeling on a step and Bernadette standing beatifically two or three steps up. After a few silent moments in this tableau, Bernadette leaves and returns as a different character. Most recently, this was their post-vision dialogue:

B: "How was Mary?"

K: "Good. She was blue and white."

Another jumper?

Action!

Cabin view

Playing at the park

On and in the water

Cabin life

Cedar Ford

May Birthdays!

Betsy and ...

Liz!

Pony rides

"We're geniuses!"

So say the builders of this makeshift rain shelter.

Out and about

Mount Mitchell near Wamego, looking out over the Kansas River valley.

Gage Park in Topeka

Sprinkler