Category Archives: Non-Fiction

Left On Read. New Bookstore Here In Wichita. (Jeff Baker, December 12, 2024.)

Posted on December 12, 2024 by jeffbaker307

by Jeff Baker Wichita’s newest bookstore, “Left On Read” occupies a cool niche in a multicolored alley just East of Old Mill Tasty Shop at 612 E. Douglas, Suite 200. When I visited the store, owner Latasha Kelly was busy … Continue reading →

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Seven Things Compiled By Jeff Baker

Posted on March 19, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Seven Things Compiled By Jeff Baker My friend J. Scott Coatsworth has posted in a column, a list of seven things, as he put it “Seven good things in my life that make life worth living.” He was commenting that … Continue reading →

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How I Got Three Cats… By Jeff Baker. March 6, 2024.

Posted on March 6, 2024 by jeffbaker307

How I Got Three Cats by Jeff Baker First of all, I did not intend to get three cats. Just two. A little orange male and a calico female. I’d better explain. My house has felt empty and too quiet … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year, 1969! From Jeff Baker, December 31, 2023.

Posted on December 31, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Happy New Year! From Jeff Baker (December 31, 2023) Here’s my New Year’s Eve Story. December 31st, 1969 my Mom & Dad went down the street to a party, leaving me with a babysitter; Jan, the girl who lived next … Continue reading →

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A Shout-Out to Ribbit Computers from Jeff Baker (July 28, 2023.)

Posted on July 28, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Helpful tech Brodie at Ribbit Computers, West Street Wichita, KS. I had to replace my old laptop about a month ago. I’d spilled beer on it and took it to see if it could be repaired. They advised replacement. So … Continue reading →

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“And Now, Folks, It’s Sock-It-To-Me-Time” (Almost!) Laugh-In’s First episode—–recalled by Jeff Baker, November 4th, 2022.

Posted on November 4, 2022 by jeffbaker307

“And Now Folks, It’s Sock It To Me Time! (Almost!)” by Jeff Baker The first official episode of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” aired on NBC on January 22, 1968. Airing just a few months after the pilot was shown in … Continue reading →

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Hanging On; a Progress Report from Jeff Baker. June 23, 2022

Posted on June 23, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Hanging On; a Progress Report by Jeff Baker A while back, when I started posting these reports my intention was to keep those regular readers informed on what I’m writing/doing. And lately, as of June 2022, that hasn’t been a … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Snow of ’83, as told in the Vantage by Jeff Baker (February 18, 2022)

Posted on February 18, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Snow of 1983 a Tale of Three Days by Jeff Baker Note: This was originally published in The Vantage following a campus-closing snowstorm in January 1983. I present it here with only slight alteration for clarity nearly forty years … Continue reading →

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Sounds of a Kansas Summer, by Jeff Baker. September 8, 2021.

Posted on September 8, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Sound of a Kansas Summer by Jeff Baker They are the background noise to the crickets, the fireworks and the other sounds of summer. The loud, whirring almost metallic noise is familiar to nearly every Kansan, but the details might … Continue reading →

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A Penumbral Eclipse and a Pizza, by Jeff Baker

Posted on July 4, 2020 by jeffbaker307

  As I write this it’s the evening of July 4th, 2020. There’s a penumbral lunar eclipse in about three-and-a-half hours. That’s an eclipse where the moon only skims the outer shadow of the Earth and very little noticeable shading … Continue reading →

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