Back in Wichita, Kansas

Wishing I could click my heels just as Dorothy did in The Wizard of Oz, I flew instead to Kansas on a plane. In an upcoming post, I will write about why flying isn't any fun these days and why my list of "OK airlines" is growing shorter and shorter with every trip.

My sister picked me up at the airport on the Monday after Easter and we headed for lunch. We missed our Dad at his house, but left him a sandwich in the fridge. Our brother was to arrive from L.A. at 9 PM, but due to storms in Dallas, he arrived the next night.

Finally all the family came together for a belated Easter dinner. Over the next few days we ate Chinese food, lunch at Wanda's Soup Kitchen and, of course, Nu-Ways (see April 2, 2010's post called "There Is No Place Like Home.") Do you notice how everything our family does involves food? I see a theme here.

We had an interesting side trip, on the way out to lunch, of course, which took us to McCormick Elementary School which was built in 1889 and finished in 1890. My grandmother, Mable Elvira Kirkpatrick Reynolds (AKA: Billie)went to McCormick in about 1913. It is the only remaining school designed by architects Proudfoot and Bird. The McCormick School is now used by the Wichita School System for museum and science programs. An addition in 1910 doubled the size of the school.

They don't make 'em like that anymore!