Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Life | Money in a Hole - Ashes in the Sea | WSJ
Here's a couple of disconnected articles for you ... but you know by now that I just send out whatever I run across that I think is interesting or funny or useful.
I enjoyed the article about the world's largest hand-dug well in Kansas (I'm a Jayhawker so this is on on my gotta see list) ... hey, it's one of the Eight Wonders of Kansas! Same list that has the Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson. That's on my list, too. My Pop sold explosives to all the salt mining companies in Kansas and I remember having a chunk of crystal salt the size of a deck of cards that had preserved insects and plant pieces in it. Wish I still had it. Maybe I'll look for a souvenir salt chunk on our road trip this Fall.
Was really touched by the second article about "wildcat scattering" ... and that's not a cat herding term. It's about putting your loved one's ashes in places that have personal meaning. With or without the papers and permission (btw, Disney frowns if you're thinking that). Seems much more meaningful to me than a casket in a plot with a chunk of granite on top. Anyway, read the article and judge for yourself.
I enjoyed the article about the world's largest hand-dug well in Kansas (I'm a Jayhawker so this is on on my gotta see list) ... hey, it's one of the Eight Wonders of Kansas! Same list that has the Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson. That's on my list, too. My Pop sold explosives to all the salt mining companies in Kansas and I remember having a chunk of crystal salt the size of a deck of cards that had preserved insects and plant pieces in it. Wish I still had it. Maybe I'll look for a souvenir salt chunk on our road trip this Fall.
Was really touched by the second article about "wildcat scattering" ... and that's not a cat herding term. It's about putting your loved one's ashes in places that have personal meaning. With or without the papers and permission (btw, Disney frowns if you're thinking that). Seems much more meaningful to me than a casket in a plot with a chunk of granite on top. Anyway, read the article and judge for yourself.
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