Wichita State University Retiree Association

My apologies for not having posted in a while. I have no excuse other than laziness.  I have joined an organization, the Wichita State University Retiree Association .  There are several activities sponsored by the organization which I enjoy.  There is a Dinner Club, a Brown Bag Series on Lectures, and the one that I would like to write about today, is the Book Club.  Each month the Club picks a book to read and then meet and talk about them.  The book selected for this month was "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan.  This book tells the story of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930's.  I won't go into the book at depth, but one of the interesting things that was discussed was the "Ogalla Aquifer".  I encourage you to go to the link and read about it.  Depletion of the aquifer is prompting conservation programs.  

Christmas Video: Toys for the Salvation Army to Distribute

 I've done these videos for a number of years now.  As always Woodworker John Belt does a marvelous job making the toys.  The Wichita Women Artists then paint the toys.  As always a great job! Enjoy the video

  

Total Knee Replacement

 

On March 10th, 2025 I had total knee replacement for my right knee.  According to my physician, I had bone-on-bone arthritis in that knee (as well as in the left knee).  In about two days, I didn't use the walker any longer.  In another three or four days, I wasn't using the cane anymore.  I'm still not running races (as I wasn't before the surgery to be clear), but feel pretty good.  Now I need to decide if I want to have the left one done as well.

 All in all, I am glad that I had it done.  It WAS painful at first, but now I have very little if any discomfort in that knee. 

UPDATE: on June 20th, 2025 I had my left knee replaced.  While at first it did hurt a bit, as of now (October 15th) it doesn't hurt at all and the knees feel very firm.  I'm glad that I did it!