Beth L Barnett

I am a native mid-westerner but graduated of Mills College in Oakland CA, Am an x-ray technologist and have sold major x-ray equipment internationally. Now write novels and blog for fun. Member of Kansas City Writers Group and KC Ebooks. Love all kinds of movies, dining out, cooking in, reading, certain causes (environmental, animals and women), politics, bridge, friends, and family.

FAST AND FURIOUS

Published June 22, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

What is the national investigation called “Fast and Furious”? It’s an operation begun by George W. Bush in 2006, to stop gun running from the U.S. to Mexico that has been turned into a referendum on the Obama administration.

In… Continue reading →

1 Comment

Secret Garden

Published June 15, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

I call it my secret garden room. The leafy crown of an ancient soft maple tree covers my hideaway, its hollow trunk and limbs housing birds, squirrels, chipmunks, a mother raccoon and her two babies, and now and then,… Continue reading →

2 Comments

Total Knee Replacement Surgery

Published June 9, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

Report from Kansas University Medical Center: Husband Glenn had surgery Wednesday. It is ugly surgery, lots of bloody bone cutting, implants, and drains. The doctors said the surgery went well though they forgot to come out and tell me that.… Continue reading →

10 Comments

Best Interest

Published June 2, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

When my cleaning lady mentioned that her two little boys were victims of prejudice in the school they attend, I was upset and sad. She and her husband were born in Africa and now live in the Kansas suburbs. Because… Continue reading →

8 Comments

PINKY SAYS: GAGOSIAN AND GOODMAN–ART DEALERS TO THE WORLD

Published May 25, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

A few years ago we were with noted collectors of modern art in Florida. Their collection included works dating from the turn of the 20th to the 21st century. Every work they collected was best of breed for the artist,… Continue reading →