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.

Christmas Day 2009

Published December 25, 2009 | By Beth L Barnett

When I was young, I never dreamed I’d see the year 2000 but here I am plus almost a decade more. There’s nothing glamorous about aging. It’s not an art form or politically correct. It’s just a fact. Our lives… Continue reading →

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A CASA Christmas

Published December 18, 2009 | By Beth L Barnett

The telephone jangled, waking me out of a sound sleep. Who can be calling at two o’clock in the morning? My mind shot to parents. My heart pounded. An accident? One of them sick? Oh no! They’d been here just… Continue reading →

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Free Clinic and Alzheimer’s

Published December 11, 2009 | By Beth L Barnett

Kansas City’s Free Clinic

Kansas City temperatures hovered in the teens as I headed to cavernous Bartle Hall to volunteer at the Free Clinic. Hundreds of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel joined me. Meanwhile, thousands of men, women and… Continue reading →

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Beth’s Everything Blog 12/4/09

Published December 4, 2009 | By Beth L Barnett

Van Go Mobile Arts

Last Saturday evening, we drove to Lawrence Kansas to attend a fundraiser. All I really knew about the event was that the daughter of one of our companions founded the program and that they featured… Continue reading →

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Ultrasound

Published November 27, 2009 | By Beth L Barnett

By now, everyone has heard of ultrasound, especially pregnant women. With the advent of ultrasound’s medical application in the late ’60 and early ‘70s, doctors were able to visualize the fetus in the uterus for the first time. Ultrasound… Continue reading →