I go back to Nebraska about twice yearly, and enjoyed a visit to the southeast/south central parts of the state last week. It was hot, dry, and the corn looked bad, (it's been a long drought).
I stayed with my parents in Lincoln, in a basement bedroom from which I could hear the passing trains at night. We went to a football game at Memorial Stadium, (and talked about sitting on the spot where the old stadium used to be- where the Huskers defeated Knut Rockne/Notre Dame- and they didn't return for 40 years...). We visited Grandma in rural Nebraska, eating fried chicken at a restaurant decorated to the hilt, (The Satin Rose, Superior, Nebr.) We saw a a new fountain in Lincoln- "Colossus"- a giant, "head" with interior running water and metal pieces which generated a rhythmic, "clinking" noise. I attended a MeetUp, made new friends at a coffeehouse, bought things I like at the co-op, "Two Buck Chuck" wines from the local Trader Joe's, and celebrated my parents' anniversary with my brother and his family.
Oh, and I brought-along some Pennsylvania pawpaw seeds. We'll see what becomes of them!
