Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"Without gas or without you?      
 Without you.        
 Without light or without you?          
 Without you.      
 Without water or without you?        
 Without you.    
 Without food or without you?        
 Without you.      
Cold, hunger, darkness, and thirst are not as scary and deadly for us as your 'friendship and brotherhood'. But history will put everything in its place. And we will be with gas, light, water, and food ... and WITHOUT you!"
-- Volodymyr Zelenskyy's words for Russia as Ukrainian troops swept through the northeastern region of Kharkiv

Russia's collapse in northeast Ukraine ignited Putin's fury and deliberate missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in parts of eastern Ukraine followed by fresh airstrikes on Kharkiv.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

According to Ronald Reagan's own diary entry, which was published years later in Vanity Fair, the White House committed a tea-related offense in 1981:  
*Fri May 1 •* Highlight was noon visit by Prince Charles. He's a most likeable person. The ushers brought him tea -- they served it our way with a tea bag in the cup. It finally dawned on me that he was just holding the cup & then finally put it down on a table. Mike [Deaver, deputy chief of staff] apologized. The Prince said, "I didn't know what to do with it."

In 1985 at an evening reception during a return trip to the White House with Princess Diana, Nancy Reagan orchestrated the iconic Travolta dance for a photo op. The First Lady had a message delivered to John Travolta that it was the princess' fantasy to dance with him.

During an unspecified visit to the U.S. a fellow guest (an American) said, "Hi Prince!"      
The Private Secretary informed future hosts that short of his full title, the Prince preferred to be called "Charles".

To be sure, Meghan and Harry airing their grievances with Charles and the rest of the royal clan would have been explosive in any venue. Who better than Oprah to stir the royal tea and coax Harry to spill it? She served up an iconic interview to strain the Monarchy's "special relationship" with the United States.

Charles served as Prince of Wales for decades; Brits are confident he is well prepared to serve as King.  
King Charles III extended an olive branch to Harry and Meghan. Let us step back.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

A fact is information minus emotion.

An opinion is information plus experience.

Opinion that lacks information is ignorant.

Opinion that ignores information is stupidity.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"You can't have your cake and eat it."

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It does have to be a process that's followed.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"The hallmark of a resilient, productive, and sustainable culture is that disagreements aren't risky.

When someone cares enough to make an assertion and show their work, a healthy organization or society takes a look.

The alternative is the brittle, closed culture of talking points, loyalty oaths, and unquestioned status quo.

What happens when we disagree?      
Because the world changes (and it always does) we'll probably end up disagreeing sooner or later.      
Being good at disagreeing is a (life) skill."

-- Seth Godin

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Thomas Merton said he could "not make good choices unless (he) developed a mature and prudent conscience that gave (him) an accurate account of (his) motives, (his) intentions, and (his) moral acts."     

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Tempted by everything, we can become insensitive to those who have nothing.    
The poor also have names.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

The sun is shining and flooding continues to threaten Floridians.  
Hurricane Ian has left staggering destruction in Florida and has not yet made landfall in South Carolina.    
President Biden remains focused on the ravages of Hurricane Ian in Puerto Rico and Florida, and as it strengthens, taking aim at South Carolina.

Ian is a whole new kind of hurricane, a force of nature.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

The website shows 22 classmates who live in Florida,    
(and below the Floridians, one who lives in South Carolina).
   Lois Ditkowsky
   Dale Doniger
     Bonnie Glass
     Myrna Glass        
     Diane Goch        
   Merle Hilfman      
     Barbara Lynn Johnson      
   Madelon Kahn      
   Trudy Karp      
   Dean Katz      
   Charmaine Klein    
   Robert Kleinzweig      
     Russell Lain      
     Robert Lamberty      
     Stanton Levin    
     Stuart Levin    
   Marcia Pinkwater    
     Gary Rebbe
   Ronald Schiller      
   Julie Schulman      
   Sarita Shapira    
   Mark Sorokin

 - and -

  in South Carolina,  Alexander Guba

  Be Safe.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."      
-- from Leonard Cohen's "Anthem"

That is the beauty of cracks -

"It is in the process of embracing our imperfections that we find our truest gifts: courage, compassion, and connection...  "
-- Brene' Brown

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Take courage          
to forgive and be forgiven,   
to heal and be healed,       
to serve and be served.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

I am grateful for those who look in their hearts to see what is therein

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

and do what is right.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Imagine a fictional game: Facts Don't Matter

"Sorry Arthur, your answer was correct, but Louis shouted his opinion louder so he wins the point.       
"And, Arthur, a bonus point goes to Sue because she was offended by your answer."

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

The Mississipps River is at record low level in Memphis.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

             Brexit Alert

🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨

          🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

(The dysfunction in our country is unwieldy.)      
 Let's break the grip.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

When does Karma catch up with Putin?

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

October is a spooky month in America; pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns are everywhere.
Pumpkins are so popular that October 26 is National Pumpkin Day.      
Today and for the next two days, Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh is sponsoring
                SMASH AWAY CANCER
Past and present cancer patients and their family members are invited to smash a pumpkin in the healing garden at the hospital. Participants can write the name of a particular cancer on a pumpkin and SMASH it.

Hope, strength, and love are important in the fight against cancer.      
Sometimes strength takes on a different look than we expect. It's OK to not be OK.    
Cancer should not rob us of joy.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."      
-- Albert Einstein 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man (woman) who points out how the strong...stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man (woman) who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself (herself) in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he (she) fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his (her) place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

-- Teddy Roosevelt

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It is absolutely amazing how possessed with ourselves we in America are:

We are living in the midst of a period of global inflation,     
yet totally unaware     
that others,        
around the world,        
are suffering higher inflation than we.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It's November - I'm thinking of DK as his birthday approaches.

I and others are missing news of senior golf tournaments.

DK, if you're reading this, please get back to us.

Someone: If you're in touch with DK, please share the message.

Donald Henry Kuehn

Okay, Janis,you asked for it!  My season ended today  with a tournament in Tucson. Unfortunately I was only able to finish sixth among the field of 65+ year-olds. Had a good first day, but the second and third days were tough.

I have won seven titles this year, including the MO Senior Amateur (Super Senior Division), The Porter Cup in Niagara Falls, Kansas City Amateur (70+ flight), the Maumelle Classic in Little Rock and the MO Senior Fourball.

That said, I do have other good news to report: On November 19, I am being inducted into the Kansas City Golf Hall of Fame. This is, as you can imagine, a great honor.

The Hall was established in 2012 as part of the Centennial of the Kansas City Golf Association. To date there are 21 honorees. Among them a few names you might recognize: Tom Watson, Jim Colbert, 1927 US Women's Amateur Champion Miriam Burns Horn, LPGA founder Opal Hill, and a host of individuals who made a mark in Kansas City area golf, but whose names are known mostly only to folks who are golf junkies, like me.

There were five nominees and the top three were elected after voting by about 52 people including the Board of Directors of the golf association, living members of the Hall, representatives of the Midwest Section PGA, and the Golf Course Superintendent's Association.

So, you're asking yourself, what did he do to deserve this? Well, a brief summary: I have won 44 championships, was runner-up in 32 others, won the "Kansas Senior Slam"which includes the Senior Amateur (3x), Senior Fourball (5x), the Senior Match Play (2x) and "The Railer"Stroke Play  Chamionship. When I won The Railer I set records for the lowest score (10 under par),margin of victory (14 strokes) and was the oldest champion at 71yrs, 7 months.

I could go on...there's more, but you get the picture. It is a humbling honor to have been on the ballot. Even more to have been selected. 

BTW: It's easy to throw numbers around when discussing this, but there is another number that is equally important: 51. .. on November 27 my wife, Pat, and I will mark 51 years of marriage (and they said it wouldn't last!). She should be in the wives' Hall of Fame.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

You're right, DK, I asked for it,    
and I'm glad I did.        
Wow! another season ends auspiciously with lots of history to celebrate.

first,      
      Congratulations to you and Pat      
for marking 51 years of marriage November 27.    
Pat has easily earned a trophy      
and induction into the Wives' Hall of Fame    
for her tireless support of an itinerant golf champion.

You have been given an honor as an inductee into the Kansas City Hall of Fame.      
Thank you for sharing the joy of your well deserved honor - there's lots to celebrate with you and Pat. 
You done good.

Janis