Short Breaks topic - Breakfast in America https://breakfastinamerica.me/topic/album/vacations-breaks/short-breaks/ Living happily ever after still means you have to clean house and do the dishes Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:52:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://breakfastinamerica.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-2017-06-12-204131-square-1-32x32.jpg Short Breaks topic - Breakfast in America https://breakfastinamerica.me/topic/album/vacations-breaks/short-breaks/ 32 32 49034375 Looking south from City Market https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/looking-south-from-city-market/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/looking-south-from-city-market/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:54:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=42474 Looking south from City Market — (I've also seen this area referred to as River Market). We spent a couple of hours soaking up all the exhibits at the Arabia Steamboat Museum - https://www.1856.com/. The Arabia sank in 1856 and was excavated in the 1980s. The museum provided a fascinating insight into the goods being shipped by steamboat into the Midwest

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/chinatown-food-market/feed/ 0 42471 Orange cat and spot https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/orange-cat-and-spot/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/orange-cat-and-spot/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:21:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=42464 Orange cat and spot — Of course a visit to see Katie also means a chance to see Dick, our grandcat in his native environment and with a nice midcentury modern style rug too.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/orange-cat-and-spot/feed/ 0 42464 Top of the Power and Light Building https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/top-of-the-power-and-light-building/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/top-of-the-power-and-light-building/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:10:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=42461 Top of the Power and Light Building. I love Art Deco architecture.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/top-of-the-power-and-light-building/feed/ 0 42461 The Kauffman Center from the 32nd floor terrace, Kansas City Power and Light Building https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/the-kauffman-center-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/the-kauffman-center-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:09:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=42316 The Kauffman Center from the 32nd floor terrace, Kansas City Power and Light Building — We were at the Kauffman Center last night for Chris Thile with the Kansas City Symphony.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/the-kauffman-center-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/feed/ 0 42316 View to the east from the 32nd floor terrace, Kansas City Power and Light Building https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/view-to-the-east-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/view-to-the-east-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:08:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=42313 View to the east from the 32nd floor terrace, Kansas City Power and Light Building.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/view-to-the-east-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/feed/ 0 42313 View to the west from the 32nd floor terrace, Kansas City Power and Light Building https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/view-to-the-west-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/view-to-the-west-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:07:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=42310 View to the west from the 32nd floor terrace, Kansas City Power and Light Building — Featuring the Diocesan office and Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, which can be seen just past the convention center. I waved at my ex-colleagues, but I don't think they saw me.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/view-to-the-west-from-the-32nd-floor-terrace-kansas-city-power-and-light-building/feed/ 0 42310 Empty Chair https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/empty-chair/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/empty-chair/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:31:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=42306 Empty Chair — I'd planned on taking a picture of Ginger sitting enjoying the view, which would have been a great silhouette. But Ginger got up as I grabbed my phone.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2026/empty-chair/feed/ 0 42306 No smoke without fire https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/no-smoke-without-fire/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/no-smoke-without-fire/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:35:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=37877 No smoke without fire — I was some miles away the smoke was thick at the farm, and ash was falling from the sky. This was from a prescribed burn, not a wildfire.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/no-smoke-without-fire/feed/ 0 37877 A change of plan https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/a-change-of-plan/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/a-change-of-plan/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:05:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34912 A change of plan — Here I am enjoying the sunset and beer on the deck at the cottage.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/a-change-of-plan/feed/ 0 34912 Lanie — Just being Lanie https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lanie-just-being-lanie/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lanie-just-being-lanie/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:57:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=35019 Lanie — Just Lanie being herself. Walk by the creek.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lanie-just-being-lanie/feed/ 0 35019 Early evening on an Ozarks farm road https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/farm-road-near-sunset/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/farm-road-near-sunset/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:38:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34297 Early evening on an Ozarks farm road — It's all looking very lush and green. Nowadays this road has a lot more traffic than it used to. One-minute read.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/farm-road-near-sunset/feed/ 0 34297 Last of the sun https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/last-of-the-sun/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/last-of-the-sun/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:54:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34360 Last of the sun — The last of the sun was catching the trees behind the house.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/four-deer/feed/ 0 34357 Journal: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, Mark Twain National Forest https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-2024-total-solar-eclipse-mark-twain-national-forest/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-2024-total-solar-eclipse-mark-twain-national-forest/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33753 Journal: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Ginger, Lanie and I camped in Mark Twain National Forest to see this, my third and (most likely) last total solar eclipse. 1999 in France and 2017 in Missouri being the first two. Journal: 5 12

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-2024-total-solar-eclipse-mark-twain-national-forest/feed/ 0 33753 All over — That’s it for twenty years. 2024 Total Solar Eclipse https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/all-over-thats-it-for-twenty-years-2024-total-solar-eclipse/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/all-over-thats-it-for-twenty-years-2024-total-solar-eclipse/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 19:10:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33733 All over — That's it for twenty years. 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Now for the long drive home.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/all-over-thats-it-for-twenty-years-2024-total-solar-eclipse/feed/ 0 33733 2024 Total Solar Eclipse https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-total-solar-eclipse-2/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-total-solar-eclipse-2/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33730 2024 Total Eclipse — Not too bad for crop of a hand-held picture taken with a seven-year-old mirrorless camera, using the kit lens.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-total-solar-eclipse-2/feed/ 0 33730 2024 Total Solar Eclipse https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-total-solar-eclipse/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-total-solar-eclipse/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:59:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33727 2024 Solar Eclipse — Composite — Eclipse detail merged with an image of the corona.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-total-solar-eclipse/feed/ 0 33727 Pre-Eclipse Shenanigans — Doing the Eclipse Dance — 2024 Total Solar Eclipse https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-doing-the-eclipse-dance-2024-total-solar-eclipse/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-doing-the-eclipse-dance-2024-total-solar-eclipse/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:53:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33724 Doing the 'Eclipse Dance.' Just before the totality. 2024 Total Eclipse. Just four minutes to go...

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-doing-the-eclipse-dance-2024-total-solar-eclipse/feed/ 0 33724 Pre-Eclipse Shenanigans — Gary & Ginger — 2024 Total Solar Eclipse https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-gary-ginger-2024-total-solar-eclipse/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-gary-ginger-2024-total-solar-eclipse/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:39:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33717 Pre-Eclipse Shenanigans —Gary & Ginger — 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. +3

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-gary-ginger-2024-total-solar-eclipse/feed/ 0 33717 Pre-Eclipse Shenanigans — Lanie & Ginger — 2024 Total Solar Eclipse https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-lanie-ginger-2024-total-solar-eclipse/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-lanie-ginger-2024-total-solar-eclipse/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:38:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33712 Pre-Eclipse Shenanigans — Lanie & Ginger — 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Notice how the light in the background is already fading.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/pre-eclipse-shenanigans-lanie-ginger-2024-total-solar-eclipse/feed/ 0 33712 Lanie and Ginger chatting — 2024 Total Solar Eclipse https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lanie-and-ginger-chatting-2024-total-solar-eclipse/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lanie-and-ginger-chatting-2024-total-solar-eclipse/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:23:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33707 2024 Solar Eclipse Camping — Eclipse Day, and the weather is looking wonderful. Warm with clear skies. We spent the morning chatting before breaking camp around midday. Two-minute read, +1

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lanie-and-ginger-chatting-2024-total-solar-eclipse/feed/ 0 33707 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Camping — Sunday https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-solar-eclipse-camping-sunday/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-solar-eclipse-camping-sunday/#respond Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:44:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33700 2024 Solar Eclipse Camping — Sunday. Two-minute read, +1

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/2024-solar-eclipse-camping-sunday/feed/ 0 33700 Trip: Destination — The Texas Gulf Coast https://breakfastinamerica.me/2023/trip-destination-the-texas-gulf-coast/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2023/trip-destination-the-texas-gulf-coast/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=32963 Trip: Destination — The Texas Gulf Coast. We are back on the road on the second of our shakedown trips in advance of some more serious travel next year. We are headed back to Texas. Beaumont, Texas to be precise, where we plan to work for five days, and then spend some time on a Texas Gulf Coast beach before returning home. Album: 8   31

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