Merry Christmas!!!

I thought it appropriate today to post the link to a great piece on the Rockhurst website about our KC Wildlands Cedar Christmas Tree event (also described below).  Merry Christmas!

KC Wildlands Cedar Tree Event

On Saturday afternoon, several Kansas City Wildlands volunteers (myself included) braved the frigid temperatures and helped lots of local families chop down their own invasive native cedar Christmas trees.  Despite temp's in the single digits, we had a great turnout and were able to raise a respectable amount in donations for Kansas City Wildlands, a non-profit program under Bridging the Gap that works to protect, maintain and restore the wild areas in the KC metro area.  These trees are native to the area but they tend to out-compete the rest of the natural vegetation, especially in prairies and grasslands, so they need to be culled out occasionally.  And what better time than the Christmas season to chop down cedar trees!

Chiefs

After a fun Thanksgiving in Texas, where I got to see my two little nieces and the rest of my family, yesterday was kind of a letdown.  On a positive note, I gave a talk at the All Souls Universalist Unitarian Church about the evolution of altruism yesterday morning (to be broadcast on KKFI 90.1 at noon next Wednesday).  But after that, I went to Arrowhead stadium with some friends and witnessed a heartbreaking Chiefs loss to their Division rivals, the Denver Broncos.  At every other game I've been to this season, we've been celebrating and giving high-fives to strangers on our way out to the car.  This time, however, we were all hanging our heads.  We've got four more games to go, though; so we should end this season at 13-3!